Billy B Booth

Military
media-25604.jpeg UPL 25604 Lt Billy B Booth, [ Blanchard MI ], 505th Fighter Squadron. P-51D 44-15427 6N-B “Billy”.

Object Number - UPL 25604 - Lt Billy B Booth, [ Blanchard MI ], 505th Fighter Squadron. P-51D 44-15427 6N-B “Billy”.

Assigned to 505FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. Flew 51 x missions. Completed Tour of Duty (ETD).



Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.



Footage of Lt Booth's strafing missions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcU8GHg03Kk

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 359th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron 370th Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Billie
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 505th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Isabella County, MI, USA 18 May 1922

Enlisted

Saginaw, MI, USA 21 October 1942

Other

Crashed

Goxhill, Barrow-upon-Humber DN19, UK 9 September 1944 Taxiing Accident Goxhill/Sta 345 Cat 3 damage Lt Billy B Booth, 9-Sep-44. P-51B 43-6862W - 555FTS 496FTG 8AF

Based

Fowlmere 26 September 1944 - 8 April 1945 Assigned to 505FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Promotion

Fowlmere, Royston SG8, UK 11 January 1945 Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Other

End Tour of Duty (ETD)

8 April 1945 Completed Tour of Duty (ETD).

Died

Midland, MI, USA 7 March 2010
Blanchard, MI 49310, USA

Buried

Freeland, MI 48623, USA Pine Grove Cemetery Freeland Saginaw County Michigan, USA

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / Unit History

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