Harry Baker Slater Jr

Military
media-48893.jpeg UPL 48893 2nd Lt Harry B Slater, 82FS, 78FG.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 48893 - 2nd Lt Harry B Slater, 82FS, 78FG.

Assigned to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. ETD





Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

43-25300

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: B Hope
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Squadron

Missions

Places

Line up of P-47 Thunderbolts of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, at Duxford air base. September 1944. Printed caption on reverse of print: '55432 AC - War Birds Home To Rest - Republic P-47 Thunderbolts lined up on an 8th Air Force field in England after a daylight sweep over Germany. Crews have finished inspections and refueling.'

Duxford

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: "Duckpond"

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Erlanger, KY 7 November 1922 Son of Harry Baker Sr and Elizabeth B [Victor] Slater.

Enlisted

Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH 29 July 1942 Patterson Field, Fairfield, Ohio

Died

Cincinnati, OH 11 October 2011

Other

End Tour of Duty (ETD)

Other

Promotion

Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Based

Duxford Assigned to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Sources

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

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / EAGLES OF DUXFORD, The 78th Fighter Group in WW2 by Fry, p133 / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

Harry Baker Slater: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 48893 - 2nd Lt Harry B Slater, 82FS, 78FG.

Object number: UPL 48895 - Lt. Harry B Slater, Erlanger, KY. 82nd Fighter...