Boyd Higley

11/30/25 - 9/02/99

Picture courtesy of LaVerne Wallace  

Boyd Higley enlisted in the Army Air Corps during World War II when he was only 16 or 17 years old. He flew as a radio operator on B-17's. After the war, he worked for American Overseas Airlines and Pan American before joining Seaboard as a radio operator. When the radio operators were eliminated, he became a flight engineer.

Boyd is seen here in 1973.