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Air Marshal Sir Leonard Horatio Slatter KBE, CB, DSC & Bar, DFC, RAF (8 December 1894 – 14 April 1961) was a naval aviator during World War I and a senior Royal Air Force commander during World War II. Slatter ended his career as the commander-in-chief of Coastal Command. ==Early life and World War I== Slatter was born in Durban, South Africa on 8 December 1894. He received his education at Dale College and Selborne College in South Africa and then at Battersea Polytechnic,〔(Air Commodore Leonard Horation Slatter ) Flight International, 4 January 1940〕 training to be a civil engineer. With the outbreak of World War I he joined the Royal Navy.〔(Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Marshal Sir Leonard Slatter )〕 He initially served as a dispatch rider in the Naval Armoured Car Division before transferring to the Royal Naval Air Service in 1915.〔 After successfully completing his observer training, Slatter was posted in February 1916 to the Seaplane Squadron at Dunkirk.〔 In July 1916 Slatter started his training to be a naval pilot and later in that year he commenced flying duties at Royal Naval Air Station Dover.〔 February 1917 saw Slatter posted to the Seaplane Defence Flight (later to become No. 13 (Naval) Squadron and then No. 213 Squadron RAF) as a pilot operating out of Dunkirk.〔 During this time Slatter shot down six enemy aircraft〔(The Aerodrome – Leonard Slatter )〕 and was advanced from pilot to flight commander. In July 1918, Slatter was removed from front-line duties and sent to No. 4 Aeroplane Supply Depot as an instructor.〔 Even though he was officially excluded from operations, Slatter succeeded in flying over the front and shot down his seventh and final enemy aircraft on 30 August 1918.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leonard Slatter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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