Robert J Booth
Military
Object Number - UPL 25605 - Lt. Robert J “Posty” Booth, [ Waukesha, WI ], 369th Fighter Squadron. P-47D 42-8695 IV-F “Oily Boid”. Lt Booth became a POW on 8 June 1944 in...
Credited with 8 E/A destroyed in the air. 65 x missions.
2 x missions; 11:15 hrs flight time on 'D'day,6-Jun-44.
Shot down and captured on 8-Jun-44. Crashed near La Fleche in P-51B #43-7199. MACR 5592, Prisoner of War (POW) Stalag Luft 3.
P-47D #42-8695 'Oily Boid', P-51B #43-6757, P-51B #43-7199
Awards: SS, DFC (3 OLC), AM (4 OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
![Three P-51 Mustangs of the 369th Fighter Squadron, 359th Fighter Group fly together in formation. The aircraft foreground to background are: (IV-P, serial number 44-14543) nicknamed "Precious Pat", piloted by Lieutenant Ralston; (IV-Z, serial number 44-15007) piloted by Lieutenant Klem; and (IV-D, serial number 44-15394). First handwritten caption on reverse: 'November 15 1944- 369th FS Lts. Ralston (P), Klem (Z), [illegible] (D).' Second handwritten caption on reverse: '15/11/44 369th Fighter Squadron, 3](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-377226.jpg.webp?itok=RQw6Mu-P)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Oily Boid
- Unit: 359th Fighter Group 369th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Oily Boid
- Unit: 359th Fighter Group 78th Fighter Group 369th Fighter Squadron 82nd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 359th Fighter Group 369th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Waukesha, WI, USA | 26 February 1923 | Son of John Clifford and Gwendolyn M Booth. |
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Other Crashed |
Garner Field Airport, 301 Airport Blvd, Uvalde, TX 78801, USA | 30 September 1942 | Taxiing Accident Garner Field, TX Cat 3 damage Lt Robert J Booth, 30-Sep-42. PT-19A 41-20277 - 4AAFFTD |
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Other E/A Destroyed |
Germany | 30 January 1944 | E/A destroyed Germany. 30-Jan-44. |
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Other E/A Destroyed |
Germany | 6 March 1944 | E/A destroyed Germany. 6-Mar-44. |
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Other Promotion |
Wretham, Thetford IP24, UK | 12 April 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Other E/A Destroyed |
France | 22 April 1944 | E/A destroyed France. 22-Apr-44. |
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Other E/A Destroyed |
Germany | 25 April 1944 | E/A destroyed Germany. 25-Apr-44. |
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Other E/A Destroyed [3] |
France | 8 May 1944 | 3 x E/A destroyed France. 8-May-44. |
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Other E/A Destroyed |
France | 29 May 1944 | Fw190 destroyed France. 29-May-44. |
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Other Shot down |
72200 La Flèche, France | 8 June 1944 | Shot down and crashed near La Fleche in P-51B #43-7199 8-Jun-44. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 8 June 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Died |
Wisconsin, USA | 24 May 2009 | |
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Based |
East Wretham | 8 June 1944 | Assigned to 369FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried/ Commemorated |
Arlington National Cemetery Arlington Arlington County Virginia, USA |
Revisions
Capitalized all the words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.
Correspondence with Joanne Mason:
"My mother died recently and when I was going through her belongings I found an ID bracelet for Robert J Booth. When I Googled him I found on your website that you have no nickname for him. I would just like you to know that his nickname when he flew in the UK and was very close to my mother, was “Postie” and this was the name under which my uncle knew him."
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Fighter Aces of the U. S. A. and Mustang Aces of the Eighth Air Force/ SELF/MACR 5592, Unit History / MACR 5592 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
