World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Boyd W. Friis
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Monterey, California
Honored By
Larry E. Carpenter
Relationship
Aviation Historian
HE WAS A PILOT OF A BT-13A ‘VALIANT’ BASIC TRAINER AIRCRAFT, WHO WAS KILLED AUGUST 25, 1943 DURING A NAVIGATION-TRAINING MISSION. TWO CREWMEN DIED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED NEAR TOLLAND, COLORADO.