US Eagle Squadron joins Royal Air Force (1940)

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Eagle Squadron pilots, Americans wearing RAF uniforms and flying for England, train on machine guns and give a demonstration of their flying skills

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AEROPLANES..R.A.F. U.S. Eagle squadron in Britain.. good shots of massed fighters taking off


SWEENEY Col.....U.S. Eagle Squadron C.U with Fl Lt Taylor (commander of Squadron)


TAYLOR. Fl Lt (Commander of U.S. Eagle Squadron) w Col Sweeney C.U. (US Eagle fighter Sq. in London)


Airforce - Active; United States of America

World War Two, World War II, WWII, Second World War, war, United States Army Air Force, Lafayette Escadrille, Lafayette Flying Corps, No. 71 Squadron RAF
Background: Eagle Squadron pilots, Americans wearing RAF uniforms and flying for England, train on machine guns and give a demonstration of their flying skills

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