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BOOTH, Carl Harold Jr - Date of
birth
18 January 1918 -
Age
25 - Place of
birth
Evanston, Cook County, Illinois -
Hometown
Arlington, Hudson County, New Jersey
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-673467 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Navigator -
Unit
366th Bombardment Squadron,
305th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
14 October 1943 - Place of
death
Waldenrath, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Carl Booth (father)
LaVere (Huffman) Booth (mother)
Richard H. Booth (brother)
Elizabeth Booth (sister)
Madeleine Booth (sister)
David J. Booth (brother)
John S. Booth (brother)
Eleanor C. (Scott) Booth (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-3195 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Schweinfurt, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the KugelFischer ball bearings industry
MACR: 917
More information
2nd Lt Carl H. Booth, Jr. graduated from Morristown High School. He was engaged in the poultry and egg business with his brother-in-law.He enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 12 December 1940, and was assigned to an anti-tank unit at Fort Dix. He was promoted to corporal and remained at Fort Dix until February 1942 when he transferred to the Army Air Force.
He was married on 7 February 1942 with Eleanor C. Scott.
He was commissioned a second lieutenant on 18 February 1943 and as a navigator at the Army Air Field School in Hondo, Texas. He was sent overseas in September 1943.
The airplane was attacked by enemy fighters. Six crew members survived and were taken prisoner, four men were killed.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.newspapers.com - The Courier-News
Photo source: Jac Engels, Michel Beckers/Beverley Booth