John Joseph "Jack" Boyle

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Lethbridge Airman Destroys German Plane

London, Jan. 5. — CP Cable) — F/L Dick Audet, of Lethbridge, Alta., destroyed a German Focke-Wulf 190 yesterday and shared in the destruction of another to raise to 8½ his bag of enemy planes knocked down in a week, the R.C. A.F. reported.
F/L Audet, who shot down five German planes in a little more than five minutes last Friday and got two more New Year's Day, shared one plane yesterday with F/L J.J. Boyle, of Toronto.
The German planes downed were among six destroyed by the R.C.A.F. Grizzly Bear Squadron in a mid-afternoon fight against seven aircraft just northeast of Hengelo, Holland.

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One Pilot Gets Triple Kill As Canadians Destroy 11

London, 1 Jan. 1945 (CP) — F/L J. MacKay of Cloverdale, B.C., an RCAF Ram Squadron pilot, scored a triple victory Sunday when planes of a Canadian Spitfire wing destroyed 11 Focke-Wulf 190's in 15 minutes over Enschede, Holland, near the German border.
F/L MacKay's triple kill, his second in a fortnight, was scored in a dog fight that developed after the Canadians saw 15 German planes taking off from Enschede air field.
Others to destroy single enemy planes included:
F/L Dick Audet, DFC, of Lethbridge, Alta., a Grizzly Bear Squadron sharpshooter who boosted his total of downed planes to 9½. Five of that total were destroyed in a single engagement recently.
F/L J.J. Boyle, Toronto, and F/O J.A. Doran of Victoria, both Grizzly Bear Squadron members.
F/L J.H.G. Dick of Montreal and F/L J.E.G. Reade, an American, both of the Caribou Squadron.
F/L F. Murray, Saint John, N.B., and FO D.B. Dack of Calgary and Taber, Alta.
Passing over the airfield, the Ram Squadron airmen saw 12 Focke Wulfs flying east over the airdrome at 1,000 feet and others taking off. The Canadians attacked.

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Two German Planes Destroyed By Canadians

London, Feb. 16.— (CP Cable) — A delayed report from an advanced Canadian airfield in Holland yesterday said that two Heinkel 177s were destroyed and three others badly damaged on an airfield near Muenster, Germany, late Wednesday by two pilots of the R.C.A.F. Grizzly Bear Spitfire Squadron.
Flt.-Lt. J. Boyle, of Toronto and London, Ont., made the two kills and also damaged one of the other planes, while Flt.-Sgt. J.O.A. Watt, of Toronto, damaged the other two.

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BOYLE, F/L John Joseph (J13615) - Distinguished Flying Cross - No.411 Squadron
Award effective 23 March 1945 as per London Gazette dated 3 April 1945 and
Globe And Mail April 3 & AFRO 765/45 dated 4 May 1945

This officer has given outstanding service as a flight commander in a fighter squadron. He has taken part in fighter patrols, armed reconnaissance and dive bombing missions since joining his present squadron and in the course of these operations has destroyed at least five enemy aircraft and damaged others. In addition Flight Lieutenant Boyle has destroyed many ground targets, including forty mechanical transport vehicles, three trains and six barges. He has set a fine example by his keenness and fine fighting spirit.

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