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43-25300 B Hope

media-48895.jpeg UPL 48895 Lt. Harry B Slater, Erlanger, KY. 82nd Fighter Squadron. P-47D 43-25300 MX-I_ "B Hope".

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Object Number - UPL 48895 - Lt. Harry B Slater, Erlanger, KY. 82nd Fighter Squadron. P-47D 43-25300 MX-I_ "B Hope".

Named for Harry Slater's then fiancée who did not become Mrs. Slater.

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Units served with

From left to right: Captain Walker L. Boone, Flight Officer Manuel S. Martinez and Flight Officer Gerry E. Brasher, pilots of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, sit on the bonnet of a jeep at Duxford air base. Passed for publication 28 October 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'Thunderbolts - the "Guardian Angels" of Flying Fortresses. Here are pictures of Thunderbolts P-47s, the famous American fighter planes, which escort Flying Fortresses on their daylight missions over Occupied Europe. Pho

78th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

82nd Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

People

Harry Baker Slater

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 78th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: 15195646 / O-815405
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Missions

8th Air Force Field Order 372

Date: 6 June 1944

8th Air Force Field Order 371

Date: 6 June 1944

Revisions

Date15 May 2019 14:02:26

Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter

Changes

Sources

Peter Randall at http://www.littlefriends.co.uk

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