Captain Frank Raymond Boyles was born on 24 July 1920 in , Burma (now Thanlyin, Myanmar), the younger son and second of the three children of James Richard Boyles (1886-1970) and Marie Caroline Boyles née Wiegand (1884-1974). His father was a clergyman and a missionary.
According to the United States Federal Census in 1940 he was residing in , Colorado, USA, but our Picture Source states he was living in , Westchester County, New York, USA and travelled to , Oklahoma, USA to undertake training as a service pilot. He enlisted in the in Canada and came to England where he served as a Pilot Officer in based at , Lincolnshire.
On 16 September 1942 he transferred to the attached to the in the of the and was based at , Essex. On 26 October 1942 he was promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant.
He married Norah J. McGrath (b.1922), the marriage being registered in the 2nd quarter of 1943 in the . On 1 September 1943 he was further promoted to the rank of Captain and on 16 October 1943 he was transferred to the .
He was killed in action, aged 23 years, on 8 April 1944. He was last seen at the start of a big dogfight in the area of Celle, Germany, and was shot down whilst flying the aeroplane, serial number 43-7098. He was in the , Rte du Condroz 164, 4121 Neupré, Belgium and is also commemorated on , at the Anglo-American Playing Fields, accessed from the car park in Catons Lane, Saffron Walden, CB10 2DU. He was awarded the with and the .
Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.
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