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Boyhan, Albert F.

Date of birth:
January 17th, 1919 (New York, United States)
Date of death:
February 8th, 1945 (Vienna, Austria)
Buried on:
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial
Plot: D. Row: 4. Grave: 29.
Service number:
0-819424
Nationality:
American (1776 - present, Republic)

Biography

Lt Boyhan, Pilot, was killed after taking German flak and having a mid air collision with another B-24, The Calamity Jane who had also sustained massive flak damage from German artillery ground units. Lt Boyhan was awarded the Air Medal w/Oak Cluster and the Purple Heart posthumously.

Service years: 1942-1945

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
1st Lieutenant
Unit:
725th Bombardment Squadron, 451st Bombardment Group, U.S. Army Air Forces

Second AM posthumously received as bronze oak leaf cluster.
Air Medal (AM)

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