Leonard Slatter

Sir

Leonard Slatter
Air Vice Marshal Sir Leonard Slatter c.1943
Born(1894-12-08)8 December 1894
Durban, South Africa
Died14 April 1961(1961-04-14) (aged 66)
Uxbridge, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchRoyal Navy (1914–18)
Royal Air Force (1918–49)
Years of service1914–49
RankAir Marshal
CommandsCoastal Command (1945–48)
No. 15 Group (1943–45)
No. 9 (Fighter) Group (1942)
No. 201 (Naval Co-operation) Group (1941–42)
No. 203 Group (1940–41)
RAF Bassingbourn (1939)
RAF Feltwell (1937–39)
RAF Tangmere (1935–37)
No. 43 Squadron (1930–31)
RAF Hornchurch (1929–30)
No. 111 Squadron (1929–30)
No. 19 Squadron (1929)
High Speed Flight (1926–28)
RAF Base Malta (1924–26)
No. 230 Squadron (1922–23)
No. 203 Squadron (1921)
Battles / warsFirst World War
Second World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Cross & Bar
Distinguished Flying Cross
Mentioned in Despatches
Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd Class (Russia)
Grand Commander of the Royal Order of George I (Greece)
Air Vice Marshal Slatter, right, with Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, left, at Idku, Egypt, prior to the Alamein offensive

Air Marshal Sir Leonard Horatio Slatter, KBE, CB, DSC & Bar, DFC, DL (8 December 1894 – 14 April 1961) was a naval aviator during the First World War and a senior Royal Air Force commander during the Second World War. Slatter ended his career as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Coastal Command.