Ira Melvin Slawson

Military
media-47747.jpeg UPL 47747 SGT Ira Melvin Slawson
Aircraft Mechanic
47th BG - 97th BS - 12th AF
Grosetto Airfield, Italy

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Object Number - UPL 47747 - SGT Ira Melvin Slawson Aircraft Mechanic 47th BG - 97th BS - 12th AF Grosetto Airfield, Italy

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Units served with

A-26 Invaders, including (serial number 43-22575) of the 47th Bomb Group, 12th Air Force lined up in Italy.

47th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

97th Bomb Squadron

  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Places

Capodichino

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Naples International Airport
Ground personnel of the 51st Fighter Group, 10th Air Force work on a P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 42-29264). Handwritten caption on reverse: '51 FG, 316 FS, [illegible].'

Grosetto

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Grosetto Main

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Hastings, Michigan 10 January 1920

Enlisted

Detroit, Michigan 21 August 1941

Died

Chula Vista, California 18 March 1993

Buried

Riverside National Cemetery 21 March 1993 Riverside National Cemetery Riverside, Riverside County, California, USA Plot MA 440

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Sources

https://aad.archives.gov/aad/display-partial-records.jsp?dt=893&sc=2499…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116888529/ira-melvin-slawson

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