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Capt Everett E. Booth was an engineer before he joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve in Providence, Rhode Island on 26 May 1942.

While straffing a town, Capt Booth's aircraft suddenly caught on fire at 300 feet, immediately going into a half roll and straight into the ground. The plane exploded when it hit the ground and no parachute was seen.

Statement of 2nd Lt Donald E. Mitchell:
"I was flying the wing of Capt Booth who was leading the mission. He had taken me down with him to look over the town given by the grond controller. After several passes over the town on which we observed some burned out tanks and trucks, Capt Booth spotted a truck in a garage with no ceiling. He shot at it and it began to burn. I shot and it exploded. We again made passes at the town in order to see what was there. I saw Capt Booth flying over the town at approximately 300 feet, suddenly he caught fire, immediately did a half roll and went into the ground. The plane exploded when it hit. I saw no parachute. The plane was completely demolished. There had been no flak during the time we had been over the town and I saw no evidence of flak after we went in."

In May 1948 an investigation team of the Graves Registration Command went to Coblenz to investigate if Capt Booth was buried in this village. It turned out that the team had went to the wrong village, 350 miles more east, since the crash happened in Koblenz. Also investigations in Koblenz and Paschal turned out negative.