Boyce, Ernest Marshall, Jr

Individual Personnel Data
Name Boyce, Ernest Marshall, Jr   ‡
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Rank Second Lieutenant
Serial Number O-740042   ‡
Unit Assignments
  • Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #42 dated 4 July 1943, effective 4 July 1943.
  • Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #107, effective 1 October 1943.
Duty Co-pilot
MOS1091 - Pilot, B-17
Last Duty Date 1 December 1943
Results Prisoner Of War
POW Camp: Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
Additional Information
  • Date of Birth: 6 September 1918
  • Transferred from 546th to 547th, date undetermined.
Related Documents Missing Air Crew Report # 1335⇓ (5.166 MB)
Photo Album:Crew Photo Album⇗
Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER POSITION RESULTS
2nd Lt. Higdon, Philip Earl⇗PilotPOW
2nd Lt. Boyce, Ernest Marshall, JrCo-pilotPOW
2nd Lt. Begab, Meyer (NMI)⇗NavigatorPOW
2nd Lt. Johnston, Lawrence Edwin, "Larry"⇗BombardierPOW
T/SGT. Boehm, Richard John⇗Radio Operator / GunnerTR
T/SGT. Jett, James Loveless⇗Engineer / Top Turret GunnerPOW
S/SGT. Cunningham, Kenneth Henry⇗Ball Turret GunnerTR
PVT. Klonowski, Francis Dominick⇗Tail GunnerPOW
S/SGT. Cronin, Willard John⇗Flexible GunnerPOW
S/SGT. Jacobson, Joseph (NMI)⇗Flexible GunnerKIA
Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 16 Combat Missions.
Number Date Target Position Aircraft Mission/Sortie Information
10⇗ 25 July 1943 Target: Blohm & Voss Aircraft Works and Shipyard
Type: Industry
Location: Hamburg, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑29927⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
11⇗ 28 July 1943 Target: Aircraft Engine Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Kassel, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑29728⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
14⇗ 12 August 1943 Target: Synthetic Fuel Hydrogenation Plant
Type: Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑29927⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Flak damaged three engines preventing full power.
Sortie Report⇗
15⇗ 15 August 1943 Target: Poix-en-Picardie and Amiens-Glisy Airfields
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Poix-de-Picardie & Amiens, France 		Co-pilot 42‑29651⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑29703. Turned back for unknown reasons.
Sortie Report⇗
16⇗ 16 August 1943 Target: Le Bourget Airport & Air Depot
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France 		Co-pilot 42‑3440⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Turned back at Splasher 11 at 0830 hrs because of an excessive amount of oil coming from #2 engine, which was then feathered.
Sortie Report⇗
17⇗ 17 August 1943 Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑3074⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Turned back when #2 engine failed. Supporting documents reveal that the crew received combat credit for this mission.
Sortie Report⇗
18⇗ 27 August 1943 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Watten, France 		Co-pilot 42‑29914⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
19⇗ 31 August 1943 Target: Fighter Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France 		Co-pilot 41‑24507⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Turned back with #1 engine very rough and #3 engine oil pressure dropped 40 lbs.
Sortie Report⇗
20⇗ 3 September 1943 Target: Air Park and Aerodrome
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France 		Co-pilot 42‑3459⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
21⇗ 6 September 1943 Type: Industry
Location: Stuttgart, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑3459⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Landed at Grafton Underwood.
Sortie Report⇗
22⇗ 7 September 1943 Target: Bruxelles-Evere Airfield/Repair Depot
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Brussels / Bruxelles, Belgium 		Co-pilot 42‑3459⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
23⇗ 9 September 1943 Target: Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Lille-Vendeville, France 		Co-pilot 42‑3459⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
24⇗ 16 September 1943 Target: Blockade Runner Ship (in Loire River)
Type: Transportation
Location: Nantes, France 		Co-pilot 42‑3459⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Turned back; unable to locate formation after passing through cloud layer.
Sortie Report⇗
26⇗ 27 September 1943 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Emden, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑29554⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Landed away at Snetterton Heath Airfield, AAF Station 138, due to low fuel.
Sortie Report⇗
29⇗ 8 October 1943 Target: Workshops
Type: Submarine Facility
Location: Bremen, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑5852⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
31⇗ 10 October 1943 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Münster, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑5747⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Landed away at Molesworth due to weather.
Sortie Report⇗
32⇗ 14 October 1943 Target: Ball-Bearing Factory
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑5852⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Crew bailed out over England; aircraft crashed near Chetwode, UK on return.
Sortie Report⇗
--⇗ 30 October 1943 Target: Marshaling Yard
Type: Transportation
Location: Geilenkirchen, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑3441⇗ Sortie Report⇗
34⇗ 3 November 1943 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Wilhelmshafen, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑3441⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Squadron of composite group.
Sortie Report⇗
37⇗ 26 November 1943 Target: City Center
Type: Non-Military
Location: Bremen, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑5838⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead.
Sortie Report⇗
38⇗ 29 November 1943 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Bremen, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑3259⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
High Squadron lead; Ground Spare Aircraft (545th BS), replaced 42‑3441; turned back due to pilot illness.
Sortie Report⇗
39⇗ 1 December 1943 Target: Non-Ferrous Metals Plant
Type: Industry
Location: Solingen, Germany 		Tail Gunner 42‑30033⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Failed To Return
Group lead; mechanical problems; turned back at 11:30am.
Sortie Report⇗

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