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James Erroll Dunsford Boyd (November 22, 1891 – November 27, 1960) was a pioneering Canadian
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. He was known as the "Lindbergh of Canada" before becoming an American citizen in 1941.


Biography

James Erroll Dunsford Boyd, known to his family and friends as "Erroll", was born on November 22, 1891 in
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, Canada. During
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he was a flyer with the
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. On October 9–10, 1930, Boyd became the first Canadian to fly an airplane from Canada to England (
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)."The Sad Side of 1960: Death Claims Many Prominent Canadians,"
''Ottawa Journal,'' December 29, 1960, pg. 16. He became an American citizen on March 28, 1941, in
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. Boyd died on November 27, 1960 in
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. He was buried in Pompano Beach South Lawn Cemetery in
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.


Awards and honours

In 2017, Boyd was posthumously inducted into the
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.


Footnotes


Further reading

* Ross Smyth, ''The Lindberg of Canada: The Erroll Boyd Story.'' Burnstown, ON: General Store Publishing House, 1997.


External links

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