Military Service:-
Rank: Flying Officer
Service Number: 40204
Age: 26
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Air Force
Division: 41 Squadron (Spitfire aircraft)
Learning to fly at the Ottawa Flying Club, he later enlisted in the Royal Air Force in August 1937.
Son of Dr. Joseph Patrick Boyle, B.A., and Catherine Greer Boyle, of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Flying Officer John Greer Boyle is commemorated on Page 11 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." (Winston Churchill, 20 Aug 1940)
Canadian F/O J. G. Boyle was one of the 'few':- the Commonwealth and Allied airmen who served during the early days of the Second World War during the summer and autumn of 1940; many of these young airmen lost their lives participating in The Battle Of Britain. Forty-two of the 'few' were Canadians, killed in this air campaign, protecting the United Kingdom.
Military Service:-
Rank: Flying Officer
Service Number: 40204
Age: 26
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Air Force
Division: 41 Squadron (Spitfire aircraft)
Learning to fly at the Ottawa Flying Club, he later enlisted in the Royal Air Force in August 1937.
Son of Dr. Joseph Patrick Boyle, B.A., and Catherine Greer Boyle, of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Flying Officer John Greer Boyle is commemorated on Page 11 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." (Winston Churchill, 20 Aug 1940)
Canadian F/O J. G. Boyle was one of the 'few':- the Commonwealth and Allied airmen who served during the early days of the Second World War during the summer and autumn of 1940; many of these young airmen lost their lives participating in The Battle Of Britain. Forty-two of the 'few' were Canadians, killed in this air campaign, protecting the United Kingdom.
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