Eldon A Slager
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Eldon Slager - Marengo, 446th BG, KIA
CORRECTION: - Eldon Slager flew with the 466th BG not the 446th BG - Chris Brassfield, 466th BG Historian Charles D Taylor collection
CORRECTION: - Eldon Slager flew with the 466th BG not the 446th BG - Chris Brassfield, 466th BG Historian Charles D Taylor collection
466th BG Historian
Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 41-29365. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O 684326
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
23 January 1921 | ||
Enlisted |
14 December 1942 | ||
Buried |
1 May 1945 | Listed on the Wall of Missing. | |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
8 April 1944 | Slager was KIA when his a/c was shot down by German fighters. He sustained mortal wounds before the aircraft crashed. "He was killed in the service of his country when his plane was shot down on its fourth mission over Germany in April 1944. S/Sgt Slager was first engineer and gunner for his crew. He received his training as an airplane mechanic at Fresno and Oakland, California and at Panama City, Florida. He embarked overseas in February 1944. The Purple Heart medal, service ribbons and citation issued by the war department have been received by his parents." (From pamphlet for his memorial service) According his crew members he was seriously wounded and unconscious in the waist, they threw him out and pulled the ripcord. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3840 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database