Alexander Norval Booth Jr

Military

Assigned 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

The insignia of the 487th Bomb Group.

487th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Darrell H Thomas

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 837th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-?
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

43-37901

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Miss Bea Havin
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 837th Bomb Squadron

Places

Officers of the 487th Bomb Group outside the 838th Bomb Squadron operations room.

Lavenham

  • 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

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

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

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Contributorjmoore43
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Sources

Added a connection to A/C #43-37901 mentioned in the "Summary biography". Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography".

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

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