In Memory Of
BOOTH, ANTHONY FOSTER
Service Details
Age:
26
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
42099
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Unit:
235 Sqdn.
Regiment:
Royal Air Force
Date of Death:
1940-05-29
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, shot down in flames into the sea off France. He and his crew had taken off from RAF Detling (Kent), in a Bristol Blenheim IV, and it would seem were involved in the events surrounding the evacuation of Dunkirk (26 May - 3 June 1940).
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 7.
Cemetery:
RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Surrey
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Alan Foster Booth, and of Maude Ida Booth, of Selukwe, Southern Rhodesia. Born in Natal and brought up at Johannesburg, Mr. Booth served for six years with the British South Africa Police in Southern Rhodesia, and was in charge of a station.
