Flying Officer Harry “Slats” Slater

Birth: 1916
Death: 17 Aug 1944 (aged 27–28)
At Sea
Burial: Sankt Jorgens kyrkogard

Varberg, Varbergs kommun, Hallands län, Sweden Add to Map
Plot: KV. C
Memorial ID: 10070948 View Source

Died in an air crash near Sejerö, northwest of Jylland, Denmark during World War 2.
One of four allied airmen buried in Sankt Jörgens (S:t Jörgens) cemetery, Varbergs kommun (township), Hallands län (county), Sweden.
His gravestone carries the inscription:
FLYING OFFICER H. SLATER / AIR BOMBER / ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE / 17TH AUG. 1944 / AGE 28. / TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WE LEAVE BEHIND

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Flying Officer (Air Bomber) Harry Slater, 28, was the son of Harry and Ellen Slater, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Rank: F/O
Service: RCAF
Sqdn: 428
Plane: LAN KB751
Operation: Bomb G
Crash_site: Sea SW of Sejerø
Crash_date: d170844

On 17 August, 1944 at 02.10 an English bomber heading west with a great number of other bombers (coming from Stettin and Königsberg according to English radio) was shot down in a fight with a German fighter. Most residents of Sejerø had left their beds because of the noise from planes and machine gun rounds. The plane which was hit caught fire high up in the air and hit the sea at a crushing speed about 2 nautical miles south west of Sejerø harbour. When the day broke 2 fishermen sailed out to see if they could find any of the airmen. They quickly found the crash site, as oil came up from the bottom and showed the way. They could see the plane at the bottom. It was totally crushed and a lot of debris floated around the site.

"On 2/9 1944 the body of F/O Harry Slater was found washed ashore on the island of Getterön on the Swedish west coast near Varberg. He was laid to rest in Varberg Church New Cemetery with full military honours."

1 airman buried on Sejerø, 1 in Fårevejle, 3 have no known grave, 1 buried in Sweden and 1 was taken to German POW-Camps.

Source: http://www.airmen.dk/p339.htm

Crew members:

F/Sgt William Alexander Lamb - Burial unknown
**Find A Grave Memorial# 15257120
F/O Leonard George Brown - Burial unknown
**Find A Grave Memorial# 15246448
Sgt Robert Richardson Boyce - Burial unknown
**Find A Grave Memorial# 15246046
F/O William Chard Fairgrieve - Burial Sejerø
**Find A Grave Memorial# 17905427
F/O Harry Slater - Burial Varberg, S
**Find A Grave Memorial# 10070948
F/O Joseph Ralph Gordon Srigley - Burial Fårevejle
**Find A Grave Memorial# 17828729
Sgt R.E. Toomey - POW Stalag Luft VII Bankau

Inscription

Flying Officer (Air Bomber) Harry Slater, 28, was the son of Harry and Ellen Slater, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Rank: F/O
Service: RCAF
Sqdn: 428
Plane: LAN KB751
Operation: Bomb G
Crash_site: Sea SW of Sejerø
Crash_date: d170844

On 17 August, 1994 at 02.10 an English bomber heading west with a great number of other bombers (coming from Stettin and Königsberg according to English radio) was shot down in a fight with a German fighter. Most residents of Sejerø had left their beds because of the noise from planes and machine gun rounds. The plane which was hit caught fire high up in the air and hit the sea at a crushing speed about 2 nautical miles south west of Sejerø harbour. When the day broke 2 fishermen sailed out to see if they could find any of the airmen. They quickly found the crash site, as oil came up from the bottom and showed the way. They could see the plane at the bottom. It was totally crushed and a lot of debris floated around the site.

"On 2/9 1944 the body of F/O Harry Slater was found washed ashore on the island of Getterön on the Swedish west coast near Varberg. He was laid to rest in Varberg Church New Cemetery with full military honours."

1 airman buried on Sejerø, 1 in Fårevejle, 3 have no known grave, 1 buried in Sweden and 1, Robert E. Toomey was taken to German POW camp Stalag Luft VII, Bankau.

Source: http://www.airmen.dk/p339.htm