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. "
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Eagle Squadrons
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Eagle Squadrons
{On the front of the pillar, facing north, into the square, below a carved im...
Other Subjects
Col. Humphrey Mackworth
Appointed governor of Shrewsbury in 1645 and was a colonel in Cromwell's Parliamentary army. Died in London and was buried in Westminster Abbey. When Charles II was restored to the throne he order...
A. G. F. Holt
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
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Leigh Hunt - N14 - birth
N14, High Street, 41 - 43
Leigh Hunt, poet. Born on October 19th 1784 in a house on this site. Died 1859. Southgate Civic Trust Southgate Reform Synagogue
John Ravera
Sculptor. Born Surrey, educated Camberwell, lived Bexleyheath. Other work in London: 'In Town' at the southern end of Battersea Bridge.
Sloane tomb
SW3, Cheyne Walk, 64, Chelsea Old Church
To the memory of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. President of the Royal Society and of the College of Physicians who in the year of our lord 1753 ...
Tower Place
In an area known as 'The Warren', the Tudor manor house 'Tower Place' along with thirty-one acres of land was bought by the crown for use as ordnance stores. The house was demolished (all but one ...
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