Charles A Hardin

Military

Joined RAFVR, service pilot training in US, shipped overseas to ETO, operational training at OTU, assigned to 121 Sqn RAF, transferred to 335th FS, 4th FG, transferred to VIII AFSC.

Served with the Army Corps of Engineers post-war prior to transferring to the USAF. Retired in 1962.

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Units served with

335th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

No 121 'Eagle' Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Type Category: Fighter

Colonel Neal Creighton, General H.H. Arnold, Major General Henry J.F. Miller, and General Ira C. Eaker. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for publication 3 Sept 1943.' [stamp], '34579.' [censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'US ARMY AIR FORCES OFFICIAL PHOTO. From left to right: Colonel Nel Creighton, of Chapel Hill, NC, Post Commander of Camp Griffiss, General H H Arnold, Major General Henry JF Miller, Commanding General of VIII Air Force Service Command, and General Ira C Eaker, commanding General of

VIII Air Force Service Command

Unit Hierarchy: Command
Air Force: Eighth Air Force

Places

Pilot Officer Kenneth Le Roy Holder stands on the shoulders of Pilot Officer Donald William McLeod to reach out for an American flag flying from a flag pole. A group of American airmen look on. They wear the insignia of the RAF Eagle Squadrons, the forerunners of the squadrons of the 4th Fighter Group. Passed for publication on 27 November 1941. Printed caption on reverse: 'Pilot Officer Kenneth Le Roy Holder from Buena Park, California, stands on the shoulders of Pilot Officer Donald William McLeod from

Biggin Hill

Site type: Airfield

Debden

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Other Transferred	Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK	14 October 1942 - 2 February 1943	Transferred to 335th FS, 4th FG, 8AF USAAF.
Other Transferred		2 February 1943	Transferred to VIII Air Force Service Command.
Other Joined RAFVR	Canada		Joined Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Other Service pilot training	Tulsa, OK, USA		Service pilot training in US.
Other Shipped overseas	Merseyside, UK		Shipped overseas to ETO.
Other Operational training	Great Britain, United Kingdom		Operational training at OTU. Conversion to Hurricane and Spitfires.
Other Assigned	Kirton in Lindsey, Gainsborough, North Lincolnshire DN21, UK	14 October 1942	Assigned to 121 [Eagle] Sqn RAF.

Revisions

Date25 Feb 2016 14:19:27

ContributorAl_Skiff

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Date25 Oct 2015 13:54:29

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Date27 Sep 2014 18:05:25

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/pilots.html