Booth, Arthur Frank Calvert
Personal Information
Rank | W/C |
Forename(s) | Arthur Frank Calvert |
Surname | Booth |
Gender | M |
Age | 32 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 12-07-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of John Lionel Calvert Booth and Margaret Caroline Booth. Husband of Andree Esaline Booth, of Cambridge. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Bristol Blenheim IV |
Serial Number | Z7487 |
Markings | OM- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Kiel War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 4. D. 4. |
Epitaph | GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 133 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 27219 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 2 |
Squadron | 107 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Anne's Church, Catterick, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of Wing Commander Arthur Frank Calvert Booth RAF who gave his life in the second World War Greater love hath no man |
Location | St. Andrew's Church, Little Massingham, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Roll of Honour with wooden and glass cabinet |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to all who lost their lives operating from RAF Great Massingham during WWII |
Location | Church of St. Andrew, Little Massingham, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Roll of Honour in Wooden Case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour to those who served at RAF Little Massingham during WW2, including 107 Sqn |
Location | Adjacent to Northern Perimeter of Airfield, Wattisham, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial with inscribed Marble Tablets |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those who served at RAF Wattisham during WW2, including 107 Sqn, who along with 110 Sqn delivered the first air raids of the War |
Miscellaneous Information
Body found 7th August 1941 after being washed up on German soil |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/7583 (P360493/41) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/842/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/842/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 12-07-1941 |
End Date | 12-07-1941 |
Takeoff Station | Great Massingham |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Anti-shipping patrol |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak and crashed into the sea off Ijmuiden. He was second 107 Squadron CO lost in a week |