Boyd L. Justice.
Tail Gunner · Hughes Crew · 330th Squadron
The man.
Boyd L. Justice served as tail gunner for the crew, occupying one of the most isolated positions on the aircraft — separated from the rest of the crew, facing rearward, watching for fighters coming up from behind.
He appears in the crew photo taken March 24, 1945, standing in the top row, second from the left. A separate photograph, reproduced in the Memoir of Walter F. Hughes, shows him at the hut on Station 104 alongside Ecclesfield and Lee — a glimpse of the quieter side of life between missions.
Beyond these two images, the historical record leaves little else about Justice's individual role in the crew's story. He was there for the full arc of it, which, given what the crew went through, says something on its own.