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Home Town Topeka, Kansas
Last Address Purcellville, Virginia
Date of Passing Oct 11, 2010
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
VIRGINIA BEACH - Dr. Lyle T. "Doc" Boley, 93, passed away Oct. 11, 2010 in Virginia Beach. A native of Kansas, he was born on a farm five miles south of Topeka. World War II interrupted his college education and he became a P-40 pilot in the Army Air Corps, flying operations in the China-Burma-India Theater where he was credited with shooting down two enemy aircraft. While stationed in Norfolk, he met and married Mary Jane Langley on Valentine's Day in 1944.
After the war he returned to Kansas State University where he graduated from the College of Veterinary Medicine in 1949. He practiced large and small animal medicine in Kewanee, Ill., from 1949 to 1954 when he joined Cutter Laboratories and then Haver-Lockhart Laboratories as a company representative throughout the Midwest. In the mid-60s he went to work for Sandy's Hamburgers which eventually became Hardee's Food Systems, in Kewanee, and retired as vice-president in charge of sales in 1981. In 1984, Doc and Jane moved to Virginia Beach to be close to their children and Jane's relatives. She preceded him in death. He later married Lucille Taylor and they enjoyed three years together before her death.
Doc is survived by son, Tom Boley and his wife Judi of Virginia, Ann Parker and her husband Tom of Rhode Island; grandsons, Brett Boley and Jacob Parker, and Lucille's daughter and two of her three sons. He was an avid golfer and played until he could no longer swing a club. He was a Mason for 64 years, a Shriner for 53 years, a member of the Elks Club for 56 years, and was retired from the U.S. Air Force Reserves.
Interment will be in Arlington National Cemetery in December. Memorials may be sent to the College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University, 2323 Anderson Ave., Suite 500, Manhattan, KS 66502, with a notation on the check that it is in memory of Dr. Lyle T. Boley. H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts., Laskin Rd. Chapel, are handling arrangements. Online condolences may be sent to hdoliver.com.
Published in The Virginian Pilot on October 15, 2010
1940-1945, P-40 Warhawk/Kittyhawk
From Year 1940
To Year 1945
Personal Memories
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P-40 Warhawk/Kittyhawk Details
Aircraft/Missile Information
Model Curtiss P-40N / Kittyhawk IV Length 33.46 ft | 10.20 m Width 37.47 ft | 11.42 m Height 12.37 ft | 3.77 m Engine(s) 1 x Allison V-1710--81 inline piston engine generating 1,360hp. Empty Weight 6,005 lbs | 2,724 kg MTOW 8,858 lbs | 4,018 kg Max Speed 378 mph | 609 km/h | 329 kts Max Range 240 miles | 386 km Ceiling 38,156 ft | 11,630 m | 7.2 miles Climb Rate 2,142.86 ft/min (653 m/min) Hardpoints 1 Armament 6 x 12.7mm machine guns 1 x 500lb bomb under fuselage Accommodations 1
Major Variants
* Model 75I - Prototype Base Model derived from XP-37A airframe fitted with Allison 1,150hp V-1710-11 inline engine. * P-40 - United States Army Air Corps production version fitted with V-1710-33 powerplant. * Hawk 81-A1 - Export model for French use. * P-40B - Improved model featuring improved armor and armament with seal-sealing fuel tanks. * P-40C - Additional 2 x 12.7mm machine guns added to wings; improved seal-sealing fuel tanks. * P-40D - Fitted with V-1710-39 generating 1,150hp; increase performance at high altitude; improved supercharger. * P-40E - Only 4 x 12.7mm machine guns in wings. * P-40F - Improved supercharger. * P-40L - Similar to the P-40F with improved supercharger and 1,300hp Packard V-1650-1 (license-built 1,300hp Rolls-Royce Merlin) powerplant. * P-40K - Based on the P-40E model with V-1710-33 powerplant. * P-40M - Fitted with V-1710-71 powerplant. * P-40N - Fitted with V-1710-81 OR V1710-99 OR V1710-115 powerplants; improved performance capabilities; decreased overall weight.