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

Donald Geffene

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: No 71 'Eagle' Squadron No 121 'Eagle' Squadron
Highest Rank: Flying Officer
Role/Job: Pilot

A pilot, Domenic "Don" Gentile, of the 336th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group - Debden with his P-51 Mustang, nicknamed "Shangri-La"

Dominic Salvatore Gentile

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron No 133 'Eagle' Squadron
Service Numbers: O-885109
Highest Rank: Major
Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

James Alexander Goodson

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron No 133 'Eagle' Squadron
Service Numbers: O-885241
Highest Rank: Major
Role/Job: Pilot

Chester Parlin Grimm

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 335th Fighter Squadron No 121 'Eagle' Squadron
Service Numbers: O-885280
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Harry Clem Hain

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: No 133 'Eagle' Squadron
Service Numbers: 100518
Highest Rank: Flying Officer
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

BL240

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

BL255

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

BL477

Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron No 121 'Eagle' Squadron

BL773

Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Nicknames: Dixie MK IV
Unit: No 133 'Eagle' Squadron

BL776

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

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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)