Harold Koch Boysen

Harold Koch Boysen
Born 2 November 1891
Lake Benton, Minnesota, USA
Died 20 February 1963
Harris County, Texas, USA
Allegiance United States of America
Service/branch Flying services
Years of service 1917 - 1918
Rank Lieutenant
Unit No. 66 Squadron RAF
Awards Silver Medal for Military Valor

Lieutenant Harold Koch Boysen was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.[1][2]

Boysen joined the Royal Flying Corps in June 1917. After training, he was assigned to 66 Squadron to fly a Sopwith Pup. He would not have any success until the unit re-equipped with Sopwith Camels and transferred fronts from France to northern Italy.[3] He scored a victory in December 1917. In January 1918, he crashed while landing in a fog, and was injured.[4] Upon recovery, he then scored four more times in May 1918, including one win shared with Lieutenant Christopher McEvoy.[5]

Sources of information

  1. ^ http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/usa/boysen.php Retrieved on 20 June 2010.
  2. ^ American Aces of World War I. p. 45. 
  3. ^ American Aces of World War I. p. 45. 
  4. ^ http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/usa/boysen.php Retrieved on 20 June 2010.
  5. ^ http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/usa/boysen.php Retrieved on 20 June 2010.

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