James Elwood Slick

Military
media-39143.jpeg UPL 39143 "A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" at an 8th Air Force base in England, 11 November 1943."

Object Number - UPL 39143 - "A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" at an 8th Air Force base in England, 11 November 1943."

27 missions from 16 September 1943 to 13 March 1944. Almost failed to take off on first mission. Pilot had problems with controls. Left runway and continued in mud, nearly taking out the control tower. Name of plane: 'The Old Fox'.



Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.



Post war: Joined US Navy and also became a Seebee reservist.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Old Fox
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Johnstown, Pennsylvania 4 October 1923 Son of John and Lillie [Gordon] Slick.

Enlisted

Altoona, PA 18 September 1942 Altoona, Pennsylvania

Died

Kearns, UT 11 January 2009

Buried

Redwood Memorial Cemetery West Jordan, Salt Lake County, UT 17 January 2009 Redwood Memorial Cemetery West Jordan, Salt Lake County, UT

Based

Kimbolton Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self

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