Name:
Douglas Everett "Tiger" Booth
Rank:
Flight Officer
Serial Number:
Unit:
334th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group
Date of Death:
1989-01-28
State:
New York
Cemetery:
Riverside Cemetery, Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa County, Michigan,
Plot:
PROTESTANT-HOSANNA-45-1
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Distinguished Flying Cross, Airmedal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Comments:
From American Air Museum Britain:
Joined RAFVR via knight committee, service pilot training in US, Dallas Aviation school,
shipped overseas to ETO, operational training at OTU, assigned to 121S,
USS Wasp spits to Malta - April 20, 1942 - Operation Calendar, Joined 126 Sqn RAF Defense of Malta, transfer 336th FS, 4th FG, 8AF USAAF, Transfer 334th FS, 4th FG, 8AF USAAF 25-5-43, Promoted 1st Lt 28-1-43, ETD 12-9-43.
Post war - Had a career in Accounting, Finance Director, City of Sault-Sainte Marie, Michigan.