Frank Dalton Slough
Military
Object Number - UPL 14571 - Standing Lt's FD Slough, JL Warner, RL Lacombe, Scott Kneeling L-R: Sgt's EW Harbison, JE Caillier, D Kennon, HJ Seigfeldt, Griffin, D Barth B-24...
Assigned to 506BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY to 9th AF for Ploesti raid. Pilot of B-24 41-24282 'Ruth-Less' on 1-Aug-43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returned safely to Libya.
Awards: DFC (2OLC), AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (1 x Battle Star).
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Ruth-Less
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description: 177 B-24’s, of IX Bomber Command (including Heavy Bombers on loan from Eighth AF) are dispatched to bomb oil refineries at Ploesti and nearby Campina. The operation (TIDALWAVE) is costly, 54 planes and 532 airmen being lost, but damage to the targets...
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Elkhart, IN | 16 August 1911 | |
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Died |
Lakewood, OH | 25 June 1971 | |
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Buried |
Saint Mary Cemetery Elyria, Lorain County, OH | 28 June 1971 | Saint Mary Cemetery Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio |
Revisions
AAM Database.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://8thairforce.com/44thbg/search/perlastname.asp
