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Ted E Slanker

Military

media-57747.jpeg UPL 57747 Capt Ted Slanker 20th FG J Cook photo collection and archives

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Object Number - UPL 57747 - Capt Ted Slanker 20th FG

Flight leader 77th FS Ass't Group OPS officer 20th FG

July 13, 1944 - May 1945 297:50 combat hours

1 x FW-190 destroyed + 1 x FW-190 damaged air

1 x FW-190 destroyed + 1 x FW-190 damaged ground

Served in Korea and Vietnam........

Retired has a Lt Col. USAF 1918 - 2005

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 20th Fighter Group, approved 26 November 1942

20th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

77th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Places

Captain Jack M. Ilfrey, one of the COs of the 79th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, at Kings Cliffe air base. He stands with other crew members beside P-38J Lightning (MC-O, serial number 43-28431), called "Happy Jack's Go Buggy".

Kings Cliffe

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Kingscliffe, Apethorpe

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Date14 Jun 2022 23:11:01

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corrected spelling error

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Date27 Sep 2014 18:25:34

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / King's Cliffe Memorial Edition

Ted E Slanker: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 25275 - Capt Ted Slanker 20th FG

Object number: UPL 57747 - Capt Ted Slanker 20th FG