Walter Herbert Slater
Service number
1428062
Military unit
300 (Polish) Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Date of birth
Date of death
26 Aug 1944 (29 years old)
Place of birth
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Employment, education or hobbies
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Family history
Son of Walter Herbert and Mary Slater; husband of Elsie Slater, of Worksop, Nottinghamshire
Military history
Lancaster I LM172 took off 2023 25 Aug 1944 from Faldingworth. Shot down at 0042 26 Aug 1944 crashing in the town of Landau 50 miles E of Saarbr_cken Germany 15 miles from the French border (rafcommands.com). No suvivors. Fatlities: Slater (WO) + Richard Neville Hansell (P), Randolph James Hayden (N), John Letts (FE), Hareold Oxspring Lowbridge (AG), Arthur Norman Taylor (AB) & Ralph Peters (AG).
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