Lt. Boyd L. Ticktin

Durham, North Carolina


Enlisted: 20 January, 1942 - Chicago, Illinois
Assigned to Squadron: 11 August, 1944
Promoted to 1st. Lt.: 9 April, 1945
Total Combat Hours: 17:15
Transferred to 67th. Fighter Wing - 31 October, 1944

29 December, 1921 - 8 August, 1979

    Boyd Louis Ticktin, the son of a World War I veteran, left a budding career as an actor and joined the Army Air Corps on 20 January, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois. After completing his training he was assigned to the 79th Fighter Squadron on 11 August, 1944 but only flew a few missions before being transferred to 67th Fighter Wing a few months later.

    Post-war he co-founded Air Ambulance, Inc., a highly successful company which specialized in transporting critically ill people. Many of the company's employees were former Army Air Force personnel. By 1947 the company had six specially equipped Cessna aircraft and had opened for business in New York with future plans to spread to Chicago, Houston, Denver, Seattle, Los Angeles, and Miami.

    He passed away in St. Petersburg, Florida on 8 August, 1979.
       
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