Alexander Sloan
Military
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 6063 - Alexander "Cal" Sloan of the 355th Fighter Group. Written on slide casing: 'Cal Sloan.'
Alexander Sloan, known as 'Cal' worked as a professional photographer, using a Zeiss Contax 35mm camera, prior to enlistment.
After he arrived in England, his wife Gertrude sent his camera over, she would supply him with roles of Kodachrome film, bought from her local drugstore and would send one or two at a time.
During the war Cal took more than 200 images, each shot with using a Weston light meter.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Company
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay, WI, USA |
Revisions
Associated images from Roger Freeman collection taken by Sloan.
1996 355TH FG Assoc. Directory / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
