John Booth
MilitaryFront Row L to R: Emmett Bell-B; Donald Caylor-N (KIA); Robert Bangs-CP; Lawrence Cook-P
Dad's Crew Photo
Shot down by fighters and Flak on return from mission to Frankfurt on 4 February 1944 in B-17F #42-30423. Prisoner of War (POW).
Note : NARA's NARA WWII Enlistment records have his ASN as 13096072, while their POW records and the MACR have, correctly, 13096872... See the story of John Booth's evasion at http://www.evasioncomete.be/fboothjo.html
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19066899 at enlistment, then O-804618
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35435819
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator/Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32830356
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32720108
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
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Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | 13 September 1910 | |
Enlisted |
6 July 1942 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
Other Evaded capture |
4 February 1944 - 25 March 1944 | Helped by Belgian citizens and members of the Résistance. | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
25 March 1944 | Caught in a false evasion line, arrested in Antwerp, Belgium on 25 March 1944. Interned at Stalag XVIIB in Braunau, near Krems, Austria. NARA WWII POW record : "Returned to Military Control on 4 July 1945." | |
Died |
14 September 1977 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Revisions
MACR 2237
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft Card
NARA WWII POW records
Own research for his page at the www.evasioncomete.org website
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2237 / MACR 2237, 8th AF Losses / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database