Harold Koch Boysen Military person

Lieutenant Harold Koch Boysen was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.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. He scored a victory in December 1917. In January 1918, he crashed while landing in a fog, and was injured. Upon recovery, he then scored four more times in May 1918, including one win shared with Lieutenant Christopher McEvoy.

Personal facts

Harold Koch Boysen
Birth dateNovember 02, 1891
Birth place
Lake Benton Minnesota , United States
Date of deathFebruary 20, 1963
Place of death
Texas , Harris County Texas , United States

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Military person

award
Medal of Military Valor
military operations
World War I
military branch
Royal Air Force
military unit
Royal Air Force
No. 66 Squadron RAF
service start1917
service end1918

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