Douglas Everett Booth
Military
Object Number - UPL 18268 - 1st Lt Douglas E Booth 334th FS, 4th FG, 8Af USAAF.
Joined RAFVR via knight committee, service pilot training in US, Dallas Aviation school,
shipped overseas to ETO, operational training at OTU, assigned to 121S,
USS Wasp spits to Malta - April 20, 1942 - Operation Calendar, Joined 126 Sqn RAF Defense of Malta, transfer 336th FS, 4th FG, 8AF USAAF, Transfer 334th FS, 4th FG, 8AF USAAF 25-5-43, Promoted 1st Lt 28-1-43, ETD 12-9-43.
Post war - Had a career in Accounting, Finance Director, City of Sault-Sainte Marie, Michigan.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
New York, NY, USA | 1 June 1919 | Born - 1 June 1919 New York, NY. |
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Other Volunteered for Malta |
Midway Palma to Algiers | 20 April 1942 | Volunteered to go to Malta. Flew Spitfire from USS Wasp to Malta - April 20, 1942 - Operation Calendar. |
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Other Joined 126 Sqn RAF |
Malta | 21 April 1942 - 28 September 1942 | Joined 126 Sqn RAF in the defense of Malta. |
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Other Transferred |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 29 September 1942 | Transferred to 336th FS, 4th FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Promoted |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 28 January 1943 | Promoted 1st Lt 28-1-43. |
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Other Transferred |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 25 May 1943 | Transferred to 334th FS, 4th FG, 8AF USAAF 25-5-43. |
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Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 12 September 1943 | ETD 12-9-43 |
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Died |
Sault Ste. Marie, MI, USA | 28 July 1989 | Died - 28 July 1989 Sault Saint Marie, MI, USA. |
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Buried/ Commemorated |
Riverside Cemetery, Gouverneur, NY 13642, USA | 28 July 1989 | Riverside Cemetery Sault Sainte Marie Chippewa County Michigan, USA |
| New York, NY, USA | |||
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Other Joined RAFVR |
Canada | Joined Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve via knight committee. | |
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Other Service pilot training |
Dallas, TX, USA | Service pilot training in US, Dallas Aviation school. | |
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Other Shipped overseas |
Merseyside, UK | Shipped overseas to ETO. | |
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Other Operational training |
Great Britain, United Kingdom | Operational training at OTU. Conversion to Hurricane and Spitfires. | |
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Other Assigned |
Kirton in Lindsey, Gainsborough, North Lincolnshire DN21, UK | Assigned to 121 [Eagle] Sqn RAF. | |
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Other Post War Career |
Sault Ste. Marie, MI, USA | Had a career in Accounting, Finance Director, City of Sault-Sainte Marie, Michigan. |
Revisions
EAGLES of the RAF - The World War II Eagle Squadrons by Phillip D Caine.
http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=3513
http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/uploads/8/2/0/3/8203817/334_b…
http://rafovermalta.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/on-july-21-1942-hms-eagle-de…
EAGLES of the RAF - The World War II Eagle Squadrons by Phillip D Caine.
http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=3513
http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/uploads/8/2/0/3/8203817/334_b…
http://rafovermalta.blogspot.fr/2013/01/on-july-21-1942-hms-eagle-deliv…
EAGLES of the RAF - The World War II Eagle Squadrons by Phillip D Caine.
http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=3513
http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/uploads/8/2/0/3/8203817/334_b…
http://rafovermalta.blogspot.fr/2013/01/on-july-21-1942-hms-eagle-deliv…
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/pilots.html
