Group    From /9/1940  To /9/1942

Eagle Squadrons

Categories: Armed Forces

Countries: USA

Knowing that America would eventually enter the war, and inspired by stories of the RAF pilots many American men responded to the call for pilots to replace those lost in the Battle of Britain.
From the picture source website:
"244 American pilots were to fly for the Eagle Squadrons; Number 71, 121, and 133 Squadrons of the Royal Air Force Fighter Command. It was the RAF's policy to pick Englishmen as squadron and flight commanders and 16 of these British pilots served with the Eagle Squadrons. From the time the first Eagle Squadron was formed in September 1940 until all three squadrons were disbanded and incorporated into the USAAF in September 1942, they destroyed 73 1/2 German planes while 77 American and 5 British members were killed. "

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Eagle Squadrons

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E. A. Daniels

E. A. Daniels

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Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
25th Battalion (Cyclists)

25th Battalion (Cyclists)

London unit which served in WW1.

Group, Armed Forces

1 memorial
Thos. C. Hughes

Thos. C. Hughes

Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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Archery practice

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Event, Armed Forces

4 memorials
W. Somerville

W. Somerville

Member of the Homerton fire crew.  Wrote a diary during WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

1 memorial

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J. E. Proctor, Pte.

J. E. Proctor, Pte.

Imperial Camel Corps, British Contingent, 2nd Battalion

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War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Cecil Meierhoff

Cecil Meierhoff

Pilot Officer, 133 Eagle Squadron, American

Person, USA

War served, WW2
1 memorial
David Watkinson

David Watkinson

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1 memorial
John Heartfield

John Heartfield

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Person, Art, Politics & Administration, Germany

1 memorial
Gülsüm Karababa

Gülsüm Karababa

22 years old, artist

Person, Tragedy, Turkey

1 memorial