Biggin Hill

Airfield

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

media-377284.jpg FRE 29 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 Blackstone, Massachusetts, to fix the American flag at the squadron's flying headquarters in Britain.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 29 - 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...

An RAF Station with US lodger units. USAAF Spitfires and P-38s were attached to RAF No 11 Group stations in mid-1942 for training; also used for special operations by British and US forces.

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People

Henry L Ayres

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron No 133 'Eagle' Squadron
Service Numbers: O-885181
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Donald James Matthew Blakeslee

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron 336th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (4th Fighter Group) No 133 'Eagle' Squadron
Service Numbers: O-885264
Highest Rank: Colonel
Role/Job: Fighter pilot, Commanding Officer

Douglas Everett Booth

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 334th Fighter Squadron 336th Fighter Squadron No 121 'Eagle' Squadron
Service Numbers: O-885160
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Frank R Boyles

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 65th Fighter Wing 335th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (4th Fighter Group) No 121 'Eagle' Squadron
Service Numbers: O-885130
Highest Rank: Captain
Role/Job: Pilot

Edward Gordon Brettell

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: British
Unit: No 133 'Eagle' Squadron
Service Numbers: 61053
Highest Rank: Squadron Leader
Role/Job: fighter Pilot/squadron commander

Aircraft

AA732

Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Nicknames: Western Samoa
Unit: No 121 'Eagle' Squadron

AB271

Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Nicknames: Doreen I
Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron No 133 'Eagle' Squadron

AB793

Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Unit: No 121 'Eagle' Squadron

AB908

Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Unit: No 71 'Eagle' Squadron No 121 'Eagle' Squadron

AB974

Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Nicknames: Bombay and Baroda Central Indian Railway III’
Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron No 121 'Eagle' Squadron

Revisions

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Sources

Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / Office of History, Headquarters Third Air Force, United States Air Forces in Europe; Installations and USAAF Combat Units in the United Kingdom 1942-1945, Revised and Expanded Edition (February 1967, Revised October 1980).

Roger Freeman, The Mighty Eighth War Manual (London, 1991)