Eldon A Slager

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-22100.jpeg UPL 22100 Eldon Slager - Marengo, 446th BG, KIA

CORRECTION: - Eldon Slager flew with the 466th BG not the 446th BG - Chris Brassfield, 466th BG Historian Charles D Taylor collection

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 22100 - Eldon Slager - Marengo, 446th BG, KIA CORRECTION: - Eldon Slager flew with the 466th BG not the 446th BG - Chris Brassfield, 466th BG Historian

Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 41-29365. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'

466th Bomb Group

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

People

Daniel Blaine Harris

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O 684326
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-29365

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Attlebridge

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

23 January 1921

Enlisted

14 December 1942

Buried

1 May 1945 Listed on the Wall of Missing.

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

8 April 1944 Slager was KIA when his a/c was shot down by German fighters. He sustained mortal wounds before the aircraft crashed. "He was killed in the service of his country when his plane was shot down on its fourth mission over Germany in April 1944. S/Sgt Slager was first engineer and gunner for his crew. He received his training as an airplane mechanic at Fresno and Oakland, California and at Panama City, Florida. He embarked overseas in February 1944. The Purple Heart medal, service ribbons and citation issued by the war department have been received by his parents." (From pamphlet for his memorial service) According his crew members he was seriously wounded and unconscious in the waist, they threw him out and pulled the ripcord.  

Revisions

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Capitalized the words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

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http://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/american-war-cemetery-m…

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466th BG Historian

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3840 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Eldon A Slager: Gallery (3 items)

Object number: UPL 13412 - Page 1 of 466th Bomb Group 'Roll of Honor' at All...

Object number: UPL 22100 - Eldon Slager - Marengo, 446th BG, KIA CORRECTION:...

Object number: UPL 42639 - MACR 3840 42-29365 466th BG | 787th BS 08 Apr 1944