Alexander Sloan

Military
Alexander "Cal" Sloan of the 355th Fighter Group. Written on slide casing: 'Cal Sloan.' media-388337.jpg FRE 6063 Alexander "Cal" Sloan of the 355th Fighter Group. Written on slide casing: 'Cal Sloan.' Roger Freeman Collection

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

Events

Event Location Date Description
Green Bay, WI, USA

Revisions

Date
ContributorEmily
Changes
Sources

Associated images from Roger Freeman collection taken by Sloan.

Biography

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

1996 355TH FG Assoc. Directory / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Alexander Sloan: Gallery (24 items)