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

Coburn Clark King

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: No 133 'Eagle' Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 100521
  • Highest Rank: Flight Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Donald Edward Lambert

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group 109th Reconnaissance Squadron 336th Fighter Squadron No 133 'Eagle' Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Clifford H Marcus

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 359th Fighter Group 368th Fighter Squadron 3rd Gunnery & Tow Target Flight No 121 'Eagle' Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-885301
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Carroll W McColpin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 404th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron No 71 'Eagle' Squadron No 121 'Eagle' Squadron No 133 'Eagle' Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Major General
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Donald William McLeod

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 52nd Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron No 121 'Eagle' Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-885156
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

BM581

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

BM582

  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 52nd Fighter Group Headquarters (4th Fighter Group)

BR638

  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Unit: No 133 'Eagle' Squadron

BS138

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

BS140

  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • 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)

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