EAGLE SQUADRONS OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE: Col. Donald J.M. Blakeslee

American pilots of No. 71 (Eagle) Squadron RAF gathered in front of one of their Hawker Hurricanes at Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire, 17 March 1941. L to R:1.(83703) Charles Edward ‘Ed’ Bateman 2. (86619) William Henry ‘Bill’ Nichols – POW 3. +(84875) Stanley Michel ‘Mike’ Kolendorski 4. William Ervin G. ‘Bill’ Taylor 5. +(81621) Andrew B. ‘Andy’ Mamedoff 6. +(81622) Eugene Quimby ‘Red’ Tobin 7. (86617) Nathaniel ‘Nat’ Maranz 8. Luke Elbert Allen 9. +(83701) Kenneth Samson Taylor 10. Reginald Tongue (RAF) 11. (84657) Gregory Augustus Daymond – Fred Beaty 12. (87010) Sam Alfred Mauriello (IWM - CH 2403)

Flying Officer K M Osbourne shares his experience of a 'dog fight' with his Commanding Officer, Squadron Leader W B Williams DFC and other members of the Eagle Squadron, following a fighter sweep. Left to right, they are: Flight Sergeant Bill Kelly, Flight Sergeant Sanders, Pilot Officer Don A Young, Flying Officer K M Osbourne, Squadron Leader W B Williams DFC, Pilot Officer Cadman Padget, three unidentified personnel, Pilot Officer F R Boyles, Flight Lieutenant Seldon R Edner (just visible), Flight Lieutenant Jim Daly DFC, Pilot Officer Jim Happel, and Flying Officer Barry Mahon. IWM (D 9522)

Men of No 121 (Eagle) Squadron stand and wait for their call to action on the grass at Rochford airfield. Left to right they are: Flying Officer K M Osbourne, Squadron Leader W B Williams DFC (the Commanding Officer), an unidentified English officer of the ground staff, Pilot Officer Don A Young, Pilot Officer Frank R Boyles, an unidentified squadron member, Flight Lieutenant Seldon R Edner, Flight Sergeant Jim Sanders, an unidentified squadron member, Pilot Officer Jim Happel and another unidentified squadron member, possibly Flight Officer Hasey. In the foreground, Pilot Officer Cadman Padget plays with the squadron mascot, a dog named Roger. IWM (D 9519)

In the Pilots' Dispersal Hut at Rochford airfield, personnel of No 121 (Eagle) Squadron play Poker as they await the order to 'scramble'. Left to right they are: Pilot Officer Beatie (standing, from Georgia), Pilot Officer Heppel (New Jersey), Pilot Officer Kearney (New Mexico), Flight Sergeant Blanding (South Carolina), Flight Sergeant Carpenter (standing, from Pennsylvania), Flight Officer Hasey (Oklahoma), Flight Sergeant Sanders (Tennessee) and Flight Sergeant Fred Vance (Virginia). In the rear right-hand corner of the photograph, the telephonist can be seen, along with several other personnel awaiting the call to action. Photo Credit: IWM (D 9514) Non Commercial purposes

ALEXANDER James Keith, AMBROSE Charles F., ALLEN Luke Elbert, ANDERSON Newton, ANDERSON Paul Roger, ANDERSON Stanley Millick Moore, ANDREWS Thomas James, ATKINSON Rodger Hall, AYER John Butler, BATEMAN Charles Edward, BECKER Wayne A., BEESON Duane Willard, BOEHLE Vernon Arthur, BONO Victor Robert, BOOCK Robert A., BRITE William Oswald, CARE Raymond Charles, CHATTERTON Lawrence Albert, CLARK James Averell, COEN Oscar Hoffman, DANIEL Gilmore Cecil, DAYMOND Gregory Augustus, BEATY Fred, DONAHUE Arthur Gerald, DOWLING Forrest Pat, DRIVER William Richard, DUFOUR John Guilbert, DUNN William Robert, EVANS Jack Elwood, FENLAW Hillard Sidney, FESSLER Morris W., FLYNN John, FRANCE Victor J., GALBRAITH Charles O., GEFFENE Donald, GEIGER William Dodd, GRAY James Amsler, HALL William Issac, HARRINGTON James C., HELGASON Joseph Field, HIVELY Howard Deacon, HOLLANDER Walter John, HOPSON Alfred Henry, INABINET William Burness, KELLY Joseph Michael, KENNERLY Byron Fees, KEOUGH Vernon Charles, KOLENDORSKI Stanley Michel, LECKRONE Phillip Howard, LUTZ John F., LYNCH John Joseph, MARANTZ Nathaniel, MANNIX Robert Louis, MARTING Harold Fessler, MAURIELLO Sam Alfred, MAXWELL George St. Maur, MAYS Ben Freeman, MCCOLPIN Carroll Warren, MCGERTY Thomas Paul, MCGINNIS James Leland, MCMINN Richard D., MCPHARLIN Michael G., MILLS Henry Hyde, MILUCK Michael Edward, MOORE Richard Arthur, MORGAN William Brewster, NICHOLS William Henry, NOMIS Leo Stratton, OLSON Virgil Willis, ORBISON Edwin Ezell, O’REGAN William Timothy, PENDLETON Wendell, PETERSON Chesley Gordon, PISSANOS Spiros, POTTER Eugene Melvin, PRISER Robert Lee, PROVENZANO Peter, ROSCOE Arthur Ford, ROSS Gilbert Gary, SATTERLEE Dean Herbert, SCARBOROUGH Ross Orden, SEAMAN Anthony Joseph, SPRAGUE Robert Somerville, STEWART Hubert Layton, STRICKLAND Harold Herman, TAYLOR Kenneth Samson, TAYLOR William Douglas, TAYLOR William Ervin Gibson, TEICHEIRA George, TOBIN Eugene Quimby, TRIBKEN Charles Wallace, VOSBURG Murray S., WALLACE Thomas Cherry, WARD Rufus Clyde, WEIR Jack Wesley, ZAVAKOS Frank George, ALLEN Thomas WILCOX, ALMOS Fred Elbert, AUSTIN Frederick Carleton, BEATIE Ernest David, BLANDING Leon McFadden, BODDING Carl Olaf, BOOTH Douglas Everett, BOYLES Frank Richard, BROSSMER Robert Vincent, BROWN John Innes, CAMPBELL John Acy, CARPENTER George C., CHAP Norman Richard, COFFIN Howard Macy, COX Forrest Melvin, DALEY William James, DOWNS Bruce Charles, DURHAM Joseph Ellsworth, EDNER Selden Raymond, ELLINGTON Paul M., EVANS Roy William, FETROW Gene Bailey, FINK Frank M., FOX Phillip Jay, FREIBERG Ralph William, GAMBLE Frederick Arvon, GILLIAND Jack Dewberry, GRIFFIN James Edward, GRIMM Chester Parlin, HALSEY Gilbert O., HAPPEL James R., HARDIN Charles A., HOLDER Kenneth Leroy, HOPSON Alfred Henry, JONES William Little Calder, KEARNEY Jack Larue, KELLY William P., LAUGHLIN Loran Lee, MAHON Jackson Barrett, MARCUS Clifford Herbert, MARTIN Clarence Landis, MASON Earl Wallace, MATTHEWS Joseph Gregory, MCHAN Richard E., MCLEOD Donald William, MIZE Collier Charles, MOONEY John Joseph, NASH Herbert Temple, O’BRIEN Lyman Dennis, OSBORNE Julian Mead, PADGETT Cadman Vinton, PARKER Vernon A., PATTERSON Richard Fuller, PECK James Elvidge, REED Lawson Farrell, ROSS Donald Henry, SANDERS James Milton, SHENK Warren Vincent, SINTETOS Nicholas Demetrius, SKINNER Leroy Arnold, SLATER John T., SMITH Bradley, SMITH Fred Cullen, SMITH Fonzo Don, SMITH Kenneth G., SMOLINSKY Frank Joseph, STANHOPE Aubrey Charles, STEPP Malta Leon, TAYLOR Benjamin A., TAYLOR James LaRue, THORPE Clifford Ralph, TILLEY Reade Franklin, TUCKER Thaddeus H., VANCE Fred Renshaw, WATKINS Vivian Eugene, WILLIS Donald Kenyon, YOUNG Donald A., YOUNG Norman Dudley, ALEXANDER Richard Lear, ARENDS William Robert, AYRES Henry J., BAKER William Henry, BARRELL Charles Sewell, BEATY Richard Norton, BENNETT Joe Lee, BICKSLER Edwin Hurlbut, BLAKESLEE Donald James Mathew, BRALEY Richard G., BROWN Hugh Card, BRUCE George Russell, COOK Charles Albert, COXETTER James Geiger, CROWE Stephen Henry, DEHAVEN Ben Perry, DOORLY Eric, EICHAR Grant Eugene, FLORANCE David R., FORD William Kenneth, GALLO Tony A., GENTILE Donald Salvatore, GOODSON James Alexander, GOVER Leroy, GUDMUNDSEN Dick D., HAIN Harry Clem; Roy Neal Stout Jr.; HANCOCK Fletcher, HARP Carter Woodruff, HOBERT Robert Douglas, JACKSON Marian E., KIMBRO Karl Kenneth, KING Coburn Clark, LAMBERT Donald E., LOOMIS Lyman Stevens, MAMEDOFF Andrew, MATTHEWS Joseph Gregory, MCCALL Hugh Harrison, MEIERHOFF Cecil E., MIDDLETON George H., MILEY Carl Henry, MILLER Ervin Lloyd, MINER Denver Eugene, MIRSCH George Ernest, MITCHELLWEIS John, MORRIS Moran Scott, MUELLER Robert S., NEE Don Dawson, NELSON James Christian, NEVILLE Gene P., OMENS Gilbert Inland, PETERSON Kenneth D., PEWITT Robert Lewis, PUTNAM Hiram Aldine, ROBERTSON Chesley Hines, RYERSON Leonard Thomas, SCHATZBERG Seymour Morton, SCUDDAY Fred R., SLADE William Corbett, SMART Glen J., SMITH Dennis David, SMITH Robert E., SOARES Walter Gordon, SPERRY George Brooks, STEPHENSON Andrew J., STOUT Roy Neal Jr.; TAYLOR Edwin Dale, WALLACE William R., WARNER John William, WHEDON Samuel Fisk, WHITE William Joseph, WICKER Walter Charles Jr., WOLFE Roland Lorenzen, WRIGHT Gilbert Greer III

EAGLE SQUADRONS OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE

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Col. Donald J.M. Blakeslee - Fourth Fighter Group

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