BOOS

Rank:

Leytenant

Qualifications:

Campaigns:

Medal for the Kuban 1943 Campaign

Medal for the Poland 1939 Campaign

Medal for the Marianas Campaign

Medal for the Midway 1942 Campaign

Medal for the August Storm Campaign

Medal for the Burma Campaign

Medal for the Ostfront Campaign

Medal for the St.Mihiel Campaign

Medal for the Korean Unification Campaign

Medal for the Kiev Campaign

Medal for the Barcelona Campaign

Medal for the Korean UN Campaign

Medal for the Battle of Zoum Campaign

Medal for the Khalkin Gol Campaign

BOOS's Medals:

Order of the Red Star

BOOS was awarded the Order of the Red Star for his initial success of destroying enemy ground targets in combat during the St. Mihiel campaign.
Date of sortie: 12 Sep 1918 / 18.00

Aug. 06 2008

Voroshilov Marksman Badge 2nd Level

Ml. Leyt BOOS and Kadet GUGAL under the watchful eye of Starshina REDVO, who on mission 24 of Kiev, Engaged two enemy 109's without any fighter cover, defended expertly well against two enemy Me109's. All pilots maintained calm and followed defensive orders allowing BOOS to destroy one Me109 by blasting him to hell. KADET Gugal although shot up & with partial aircraft controlles, dragged the other Me109 for the rest of the flight and from his gunners position managed to smoke the enemies engine causing him to break away and be destroyed.

For this glorious deed Ml Leyt BOOS and KADET GUGAL (post mortem) are each awarded the Voroshilov Marksman Badge, 2nd Level.

This badge is given for successful completion of the Defensive Gunnery Training pack. The badge can also be awarded once more, through nomination, for displays of exceptional marksmanship and accuracy in airborne gunnery.
Date of sortie:

April, 06 2009

Order of the Patriotic War 2nd Class

BOOS was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War for killing 1000 points worth of enemy ground targets during the KIEV campaign.
Date of sortie:
1 Nov 1943 11:00
1 Nov 1943 12:00
1 Nov 1943 14:00

Dez. 14 2008

Order of Glory 3rd Class

BOOS was awarded the Order of Glory 3rd Class for an outstanding performance in mission 6 of the Kiev campaign.
He dispatched 1 Artillery piece, 4 Vehicles, and 5 Tanks
Date of sortie: 1 Nov 1943 12:00

Dez. 14 2008

Order of Glory 2nd Class

BOOS was awarded the Order of Glory 2nd Class for destroying 500 points worth of ground targets during mission 11 of 'Task Force 77' Korean campaign.
Skillfully piloting his F4U-C Corsair, he destroyed 4 x enemy tanks, 1 x Whirblewind & 2 x Yak9 enemy fighters whilst on a GTTK mission. Even after receiving hits in his aircraft & trailing smoke he refussed to leave the area & remained with us over the trgt area, assisting & dragging flak for the success of this mission.

Order of Glory 1st Class

BOOS was awarded the Order of Glory 1st Class for shooting down two enemy fighters all during mission 11 of 'Task Force 77' Korean campaign.
Skillfully piloting his F4U-C Corsair, he destroyed 4 x enemy tanks, 1 x Whirblewind & 2 x Yak9 enemy fighters whilst on a GTTK mission. Even after receiving hits in his aircraft & trailing smoke he refussed to leave the area & remained with us over the trgt area, assisting & dragging flak for the success of this mission.

Mongolian Wings

Leyt. BOOS was awarded the Mongolian Wings during the Khalkin Gol Campaign. During the campaign he levelled a total of 5 bridges deep in enemy territory. His actions hindered the enemy in taking control of vast areas. He also used his mighty TB-3 bomber to destroy several enemy factory complexes during the campaign.

BOOS's Story:

Boos grew up in the Kingdom of Sweden where the wasps stings without mercy. Growing up he lived nearby an airfield which hosted the Swedish air force. His free time was spent standing by the fence around the airfield looking at all the aeroplanes taking off, landing, and flying inverted.
So it was to no one�s surprise when he decided to join the air force at nineteen years of age. Not long after he joined, there were rumours flying around the barracks that there was a war brewing. Boos got terrified, what if they started rationing, what would happen to his baked potatoes?! Boos immediately started searching for ways to speed up his training so he could get out of Sweden and to somewhere safe, like Iceland. The talk was that Great Britain was going to invade and gain control over the Baltic Sea. His fondness for Tea almost made him stay but after many hours of talking to himself about it he decided that he wanted to see geysers more than tea and crumpets. One way to speed up his training was to skip navigation training, our hero felt confident that he would be able to follow the compass to his destination without further training. What he didn�t know was that the ground crew had picked a bad time to pull a prank on him; they painted the compass black and rewrote the four cardinal points. Let�s just say he didn�t expect to land out of fuel in Leningrad.

Boos at the Airbase (left) and flying over Leningrad, picture taken by disgruntled civilian (right)

After sending a few words of written text home to �congratulate� mentioned ground crew on their successful prank and apologize to his senior officers that he had stolen an aircraft, he decided to find the local liquor consuming center, in that LLCC there was a recruiter from the VVS . After getting promised bags of potatoes and a crash course in the Russian language he signed up and had a toast.

Picture taken by Boos, onboard truck heading towards an airfield

The next thing he remembers is waking up in a moving truck, turning his head to look over the side he just manages to see what it says on a sign the truck is roaring past. �69th Gv IAP Barracks; any toothbrushes will be confiscated� Of course at the time, he didn�t know this and was very sad to see his toothbrush go, either to high ranking officers or latrine duties. He was very disappointed after getting told that there were no bags of potatoes waiting for him. But after having a look at the oh so professionally folded parachutes he was sure this was the place for him!

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