Robert Slane was born on August 5th, 1923 in a one-room, railroad boxcar that was situated near the rail-tracks at Ludlow, Colorado. 1923 was a depression year and many of the lower income railroad workers were furnished with housing of this type as part of their income. Through grade six he attended grammar school in a one-room schoolhouse where a single teacher taught all eight grades. He graduated from Trinidad High School in 1941. Immediately after graduation he enlisted as a private in the U.S. Army Air Corps. Shortly thereafter, he entered the Staff Sergeant flying program as an Aviation Student and graduated as a Flight Officer in January 1943. That same year, he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant. After graduation from pilot training, he became a First Pilot in B-17\'s and flew the "Flying Fortress" in combat in the European Theater. On October 14th, 1943, he and his crew were shot down and Col. Slane was held as a prisoner of war in Germany for 19 Months. During the Korean conflict, he spent a year in Korea, volunteering for and receiving a combat assignment after serving seven months of his tour. He flew 40 "night intruder" missions before his year tour was completed. In Southeast Asia, Col Slane was Vice Wing and Wing Commander of the 553rd Reconnaissance Wing at Korat Royal Thai AFB, Thailand, and later was assigned as Base Commander at Bien Hoa Air Base, Republic of Vietnam He flew 78 combat sorties in EC 121R, A-37, and OV-10 aircraft. Six combat sorties were flown in Vietnamese owned aircraft, A-1 and F-5\'s. During his Air Force career, Colonel Slane served almost 16 years in various assignments within the Strategic Air Command. He was a combat crew commander in B-47 and B-52 aircraft and has approximately 5,000 hours of multi-jet flying time. During his tour in the Strategic Air Command he served as Deputy Commander for Operations at Altus AFB, Okla., and the last assignment in SAC, prior to his Southeast Asia tour, was as the Wing Vice Commander

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