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Alexander "Cal" Sloan of the 355th Fighter Group. Written on slide casing: 'Cal Sloan.'
A B-26 Marauder (serial number 42-96191) nicknamed "The Milk Run Special" of the 397th Bomb Group at Steeple Morden, 1945. Image by Alexander "Cal" Sloan. Written on slide casing: '296191, 397 BG.' Flown overseas by Lt. George Overbey and assigned to him in the 597th squadron.
A P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft named "Princess Pat" of the 56th Fighter Group. It was the assigned aircraft of First Lieutenant Charles Reed who joined the 63rd Fighter Squadron in August 1943. Handwritten on slide:"GROUP ??? Princess Pat UN-X at Steeple Morden Kepner's P-47 A. Sloan" Printed on slide:"APR 90F15"
The Tower of London. Image by Alexander "Cal" Sloan. Written on slide casing: 'A-20.'
The Inverbec Hotel in Scotland. Image by Alexander "Cal" Sloan. Written on slide casing: 'Hotel Inverbec, Scotland.'
A military policeman of the 1181st Military Police Company at his post at Steeple Morden, home of the 355th Fighter Group. Image by Alexander "Cal" Sloan Written on slide casing: 'MP Post Steeple Morden, 355 FG.'
A bridge over a river in Scotland. Image by Alexander "Cal" Sloan. Written on slide casing: 'Scotland.'
Lock Tyne, Scotland. Image by Alexander "Cal" Sloan. Written on slide casing: 'Loch Tyne.'
The Lord Mayor of London in Trafalgar Square. Image by Alexander "Cal" Sloan. Written on slide casing: 'Lord Mayor, 1944 Tr Sq.'
Heavy horses in Littlington, Hertfordshire. Image by Alexander "Cal" Sloan. Written on slide casing: 'Littlington, Herts.'
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.
Group
Where the 353rd Fighter Group had pioneered ground strafing techniques, it was the 355th Fighter Group who destroyed more enemy aircraft by ground strafing than any other Eighth Air Force Group. Based at Steeple Morden from July 1943 to July 1945, the...
Squadron
Company
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Lived in | Green Bay, WI, USA |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 20 March 2015 13:09:14 | Emily | Changes to nickname, biography, events, unit associations and media associations |
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Associated images from Roger Freeman collection taken by Sloan. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:03:15 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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1996 355TH FG Assoc. Directory / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia |
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