Bovard Malcolm W. "Jack"

Name:

Malcolm W. "Jack" Bovard

Rank:

Staff Sergeant

Serial Number:

Unit:

32nd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group (H)

Date of Death:

1949-01-17

State:

Louisiana

Cemetery:

Roselawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Louisiana

Plot:

91

Row:

G

Grave:

Decoration:

Comments:

Malcolm W. “Jack” Bovard was born on September 28, 1918. He was the son of Cecil Ashley Bovard and Mamie Phillips Bovard.

Malcolm served as a Staff Sergeant in the 32nd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, and was a passenger aboard the B-29A #44-62276 at the time of his death. On January 17, 1949, the aircraft was performing a flight from RAF Scampton (Lincolnshire) to Schilling AFB (Smoky Hill AFB) in Salina, Kansas, with an intermediate stop in Keflavik. While flying over Scotland at an altitude of 8,500 feet, the pilot encountered poor weather conditions and requested ATC the permission to climb to 14,400 feet. Shortly later, at a speed of 500 km/h, the four-engine aircraft hit the slope of the Stob na Boine Druim-fhinn mountain located two miles northwest of Lochgoilhead. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces, and a post-crash fire and all 20 occupants were killed.

SSgt Bovard is now buried in the Roselawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA.

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