Sir Leonard Slatter | |
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Born | Durban, South Africa | 8 December 1894
Died | 14 April 1961 Uxbridge, England | (aged 66)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service | Royal Navy (1914–18) Royal Air Force (1918–49) |
Years of service | 1914–49 |
Rank | Air Marshal |
Commands | Coastal 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 / wars | First World War Second World War |
Awards | Knight 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 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.