Irven Glenn Slate

Military

Irven Slate was photographer on B-24D #42-41004 “The Urgin' Virgin” which was lost in the North Sea on 13 November 1943 mission to Bremen, Germany, with all 11 men onboard still missing. Killed In Action (KIA).

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Man with the rank of Colonel wearing  WWII era Air Force uniform shaking hands with man wearing a similar uniform but with the rank of staff sergeant.  Two other uniformed men are in the background
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11045730
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14038257 at enlistment, then O-801031
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron Headquarters (2nd Air Division)
  • Service Numbers: 39230519 - O-742896
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20119380
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16034774
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

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Born

Kentucky 30 September 1919 Sampson County, Kentucky

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Killed In Action (KIA)

13 November 1943 in the ditching in the North Sea of B-24D #42-41004

Buried

Memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge
White Plains, Simpson County, Kentucky

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Corrected middle name (from Air Medal card) and associated Media

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Added Living In detail from his Air Medal card

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Corrected first name
MACR 2182
ABMC website

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The 25th BG (Rcn) by Notmsn Malaney