Alexander Norval Booth Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 837BS, 487BG, 8AF USAAF. Darrell Thomas crew. Flew aboard B-17 43-37901 'Miss Bea Havin'. ETD
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 837th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-?
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Miss Bea Havin
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 837th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Rhode Island | 15 November 1925 | Son of Alexander Norval Sr and Helen E [Stackpole] Booth. |
Died |
Smithfield, RI | 11 January 1984 | |
Buried |
Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery Exeter, Washington County, RI | 15 January 1984 | Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery Exeter, Washington County, Rhode Island |
Based |
Lavenham | Assigned to 837BS, 487BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
http://www.487thbg.org/photos/thomascrew.shtml
http://www.487thbg.org/Photos/ThomasCrew2.shtml
https://www.fold3.com/image/191834748
https://www.fold3.com/record/3781585/social-security-death-index-alexan…
https://www.fold3.com/record/716932075/u-s-veterans-gravesites-ca-1775-…
https://www.fold3.com/record/83457411/world-war-ii-army-enlistment-reco…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130392954/alexander-n-booth
Added a connection to A/C #43-37901 mentioned in the "Summary biography". Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography".
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Wilburn, Truman K., Unit History / http://www.487thbg.org/Photos/ThomasCrew.shtml , http://www.487thbg.org/Photos/MissBeaHavin2.shtml