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Art Booth

Flight Lieutenant Arthur Frederick Booth joined the Royal Canadian Air Force on February 12, 1940 from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Art Booth

Flight Lieutenant Arthur Frederick Booth joined the Royal Canadian Air Force on February 12, 1940 from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Art Booth

Art served with the Intelligence Branch of the RCAF where he saw action in France and Germany following D-Day. The painting is taken from a photograph that appeared on the front page of the Winnipeg Free Press on Friday, August 11, 1944 which had the caption:

"Visiting a sector along the Cherbourg peninsula on a day off from his duties at a Canadian airfield in Normandy, Flying Officer Art Booth of Winnipeg struck up an acquaintanceship with this flower-laden French girl".


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