Robert Findlay Boyd, DSO, DFC & Bar (8 June 1916 – 22 February 1975) was a British flying ace who served in the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War.

Born in East Kilbride, Scotland, Boyd joined the Royal Auxiliary Air Force in 1935, serving with No.

Called up for service with the RAF upon the outbreak of the Second World War, he achieved several aerial victories during the Battle of Britain.

54 Squadron, leading it through the early phases of the Circus offensive the following year and claiming more victories over the Luftwaffe until he was taken off operations, by which time he had been awarded the Distinguished Service Order.

Returning to civilian life in the postwar period, his final years were spent on the Isle of Skye.

He was working as a mining engineer at the time of the outbreak of the Second World War, and was called up for service with the Royal Air Force (RAF).

602 Squadron, which operated the Supermarine Spitfire fighter, was based at Abbotsinch but in October shifted to Grangemouth, from where it conducted patrols over the Firth of Forth.

On 16 October it was involved in the interception of Luftwaffe attacks on the United Kingdom, recording the first aerial victories for British-based aircraft since the First World War.

[4] On 7 July 1940, Boyd shared, with two other pilots, in the destruction of a Junkers Ju 88 medium bomber that was intercepted to the east of St Abb's Head.

[4] Boyd, who was now a flight commander, shared in the shooting down of a Dornier Do 17 medium bomber to the south of Portland on 15 August 1940.

He has displayed cool judgment and a keen desire to engage the enemy irrespective of the odds against him.At the start of October, Boyd together with his wing man destroyed a Ju 88 off Selsey Bill.

[8] His new command, which had been heavily engaged for much the fighting over the southeast of England, was based at Catterick for a rest period.

[9] On one of these, carried out on 17 April, Boyd shot down a Messerschmitt Bf 110 heavy fighter into the English Channel well to the east of Manston.

While providing cover for Bristol Blenheim light bombers attacking railway infrastructure at Hazebrouck on 22 June, he probably destroyed a Bf 109.

[12][13] On 12 February 1942, Boyd was flying a sortie with Group Captain Victor Beamish, the station commander at Hornchurch, over the English Channel when they spotted the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen and escorting ships steaming past as they made their 'Channel Dash'.

During this time, on 15 March 1943, Boyd achieved his final aerial victory to the northwest of Donegal, claiming a Ju 88 as damaged.

[2] In civilian life, Boyd worked as a pilot for Scottish Aviation, but subsequently took up farming and commercial fishing.