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Harold Koch Boysen

American flying ace

Died when: 71 years 110 days (855 months)
Star Sign: Scorpio

 

Harold Koch Boysen

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.


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