John T Slater Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 18779 - 2nd John T Slater Jr 335th FS, 4th FG, 8AF USAAF former 121 [Eagle] Sqn RAF Spitfire pilot.
Joined RAFVR, assigned to 121S, transferred to 335th FS, 4th Fg, 8AF USAAF.
While on a shipping recce off the Dutch coast, he located and attacked a convoy protected by several flak ships. His A/C was struck by flak and he notified his wingman he was going to bail out. Before he could his Spitfire VB P8339 nosed over and went in from 1,000ft to become 4th FG's first casualty 21-9-42. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Spitfire
- Unit: No 121 'Eagle' Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Newark, NJ, USA | 25 January 1918 | Born - 25 January 1918 Newark, NJ. |
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Other Transferred |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 15 September 1942 - 21 September 1942 | Transferred to 335th FS, 4th FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Died |
Off Haamstede, Netherlands | 21 September 1942 | Killed in Action (KIA) flying mission over Holland in Spitfire Vb P8339. Damaged by flak attacking flak ship and crashed in sea off Haamstede to become 4th FG's first casualty 21-9-42. |
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Buried |
Tablets of the Missing at Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands. | ||
| Waverly, NY, USA | Waverly, NY, USA. | ||
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Other Joined RAFVR |
Canada | Joined Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. | |
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Other Assigned |
Kirton in Lindsey, Gainsborough, North Lincolnshire DN21, UK | 15 September 1942 | Assigned to 121 [Eagle] Sqn RAF. |
Revisions
Spitfire Production List.
https://www.fold3.com/page/529877654_john_t%20slater,%20jr/details/
Combat Chronology, Losses of the 8th & th Air Forces p. 31 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
