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

Gilbert Owen Halsey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron 336th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (4th Fighter Group) No 121 'Eagle' Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-885131
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Fletcher Hancock

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: No 133 'Eagle' Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 113991
  • Highest Rank: Pilot Officer
  • Role/Job: Pilot

James R Happel

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 335th Fighter Squadron No 121 'Eagle' Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-885203
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Charles A Hardin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: VIII Air Force Service Command 335th Fighter Squadron No 121 'Eagle' Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Carter Woodruff Harp

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: No 133 'Eagle' Squadron
  • Service Numbers: J/15389
  • Highest Rank: Pilot Officer
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

BL986

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

BM260

  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Nicknames: Popeye's Pal (G.Wimpey & Co.)
  • Unit: No 133 'Eagle' Squadron
Airmen of the 336th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group with a clipped wing Spitfire Mk. Vb (MD-A), 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '19A. KP. Fall, 1942. Great Sampford Satellite Field. 336th crew by 336th Spit Mk. Vb. Wings clipped by sawing off wing & pounding in board then carving and painting it. MD-A, red/blue wheel. Source -Bill Chick, Megura.'

BM263

  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Nicknames: The Lord Mayor
  • Unit: No 133 'Eagle' Squadron

BM401

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

BM405

  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Nicknames: Barry
  • Unit: No 121 '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)

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