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1st Lieutenant Boyd David Wagner, United States Army Air Corps, Philippine Islands, 1 December 1941.
Boyd Wagner shot down four Japanese airplanes on December 14, 1941. Two days later on the mission that earned him the Distinguished Service Cross, he downed the only enemy aircraft to get off the ground at Vigan, Luzon island, becoming the first U.S. Army Air Force ACE of the war.
Lieutenant Wagner was promoted to the rank of Captain, A.U.S., 30 January 1942. On 11 April 1942, Captain Wagner was again promoted, bypassing the rank of Major, to Lieutenant Colonel, A.U.S. He was assigned to the 8th Fighter Group in New Guinea. On 30 April 1942, while flying a Bell P-39 Airacobra, Wagner shot down another three enemy airplanes. In September 1942, Colonel Wagner was sent back to the United States to train new fighter pilots.
On 29 November 1942, Colonel Wagner disappeared while on a routine flight from Eglin Field, Florida, to Maxwell Field, Alabama, in a Curtiss-Wright P-40K Warhawk, 42-10271. Six weeks later, the wreck of his fighter was found, approximately 4 miles north of Freeport, Florida. Lieutenant Colonel Boyd David Wagner Wagner, United States Army Air Corps, had been killed in the crash. His remains are buried at Grandview Cemetery, Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
Boyd David Wagner
Date of birth: October 31, 1916
Date of death: DNB: November 29, 1942
Burial location: Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Place of Birth: Pennsylvania, Emeigh
Boyd Wagner shot down four Japanese airplanes on December 14, 1941. Two days later on the mission that earned him the Distinguished Service Cross, he downed the only enemy aircraft to get off the ground at Vigan, Luzon island, becoming the first U.S. Army Air Force ACE of the war.
Lieutenant Wagner was promoted to the rank of Captain, A.U.S., 30 January 1942. On 11 April 1942, Captain Wagner was again promoted, bypassing the rank of Major, to Lieutenant Colonel, A.U.S. He was assigned to the 8th Fighter Group in New Guinea. On 30 April 1942, while flying a Bell P-39 Airacobra, Wagner shot down another three enemy airplanes. In September 1942, Colonel Wagner was sent back to the United States to train new fighter pilots.
On 29 November 1942, Colonel Wagner disappeared while on a routine flight from Eglin Field, Florida, to Maxwell Field, Alabama, in a Curtiss-Wright P-40K Warhawk, 42-10271. Six weeks later, the wreck of his fighter was found, approximately 4 miles north of Freeport, Florida. Lieutenant Colonel Boyd David Wagner Wagner, United States Army Air Corps, had been killed in the crash. His remains are buried at Grandview Cemetery, Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
Boyd David Wagner
Date of birth: October 31, 1916
Date of death: DNB: November 29, 1942
Burial location: Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Place of Birth: Pennsylvania, Emeigh
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