Name:
Oscar J. Boothe
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-671862
Unit:
456th Bomb Squadron, 323rd Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1944-06-29
State:
Texas
Cemetery:
Spur Cemetery, Spur, Texas
Plot:
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 13 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Hea
Comments:
1st Lt Oscar J. Boothe, pilot of the B-26 Marauder 41-34810 “Classie Lassie”, took off on his 82nd mission, the day his mother’s obituary appeared in his hometown paper. It would be his last, his plane crashing down into the Normandy countryside.