Robert J Booth

Military
media-25605.jpeg 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 his replacement P-51B 43-7199 also IV-F “Oily Boid”.

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

Aircraft

A P-47 Mustang, (IV-F, serial number 42-8695) nicknamed "Oily Boid" of the 359th Fighter Group. First handwritten caption on reverse: 'Oily Boid 42-8695 IV:F. Pilot Robert Booth' Second handwritten caption on reverse: ' Unit-? Source- Dick Kill from Hardie. Keep I have a neg, maybe 4-F is a joke??'
  • 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: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Waukesha, WI, USA 26 February 1923 Son of John Clifford and Gwendolyn M Booth.

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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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E/A Destroyed

Germany 30 January 1944 E/A destroyed Germany. 30-Jan-44.

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E/A Destroyed

Germany 6 March 1944 E/A destroyed Germany. 6-Mar-44.

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Promotion

Wretham, Thetford IP24, UK 12 April 1944 Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

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E/A Destroyed

France 22 April 1944 E/A destroyed France. 22-Apr-44.

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E/A Destroyed

Germany 25 April 1944 E/A destroyed Germany. 25-Apr-44.

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E/A Destroyed [3]

France 8 May 1944 3 x E/A destroyed France. 8-May-44.

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E/A Destroyed

France 29 May 1944 Fw190 destroyed France. 29-May-44.

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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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Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 8 June 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III.

Died

Wisconsin, USA 24 May 2009

Based

East Wretham 8 June 1944 Assigned to 369FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Arlington National Cemetery Arlington Arlington County Virginia, USA

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Capitalized all the words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

 

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ContributorLucy May
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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."

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Sources

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

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