Walter Boyne was born on February 2, 1929 in East St. Louis, Illinois, USA as Walter John Boyne. He is known for his work on Four Years of Thunder (1996), Enola Gay and the Atomic Bombing of Japan (1995) and Clash of Wings: The Story of World War II in the Air (1998). He is married to Jeanne Quigley. They have four children.
Co-founded Wingspan: The Air and Space Channel, which was bought by The Discovery Channel in 1999.
Retired U.S. Air Force Colonel and former director of the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution.
