What is Walter J. Boyne?
[[File:Walter Boyne B47 Pilot.jpg|thumb|200px|Boyne in the 1950s]] '''Walter J. Boyne''' (February 2, 1929 – January 9, 2020) was an [[Americans|American]] [[USAF]] officer, command pilot, combat veteran, [[aviation]] historian and author. He wrote more than 50 books and over 1,000 magazine articles. While most of his books were non-fiction, Boyne wrote some works of fiction, including ''[[The Wild Blue: The Novel of the U.S. Air Force]]'' (1986). Boyne served as director of the [[National Air and Space Museum]] at the [[Smithsonian Institution]]. He was also [[chairman]] of the [[National Aeronautic Association]]. Boyne was born in [[East St. Louis, Illinois]]. He was married to Jeanne Quigley until her death in 2007. The couple had four children. In 2008, he married Terezia Takacs. Boyne died on January 9, 2020 in [[Silver Spring, Maryland]]. He was 90.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=55102|title=The National Aviation Hall of Fame Reflects on the Passing of Colonel Walter J. Boyne, 2007 Enshrinee|website=SpaceRef|date=January 12, 2020|access-date=January 13, 2020}}{{Dead link|date=June 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Boyne, Walter J.}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:American aviators]] [[Category:Military people from Illinois]] [[Category:Writers from St. Louis, Missouri]] [[Category:United States Air Force]] {{US-bio-stub}}