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I did not find his name in the Rolls of personell who served in any of the Eagle Squadrons. Link below to see the info https://archive.org/details/DTIC_ADA264356/page/n3/mode/2up But, I note in “what we know”, he went to England in May 1942 and then I have records that he enlisted (or transferred) t...

A Video on the Eagle Squadrons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_z2fVNnI6ms

Follow UP.......I check the first one on the Sgt Pilot list, Leonard Taylor Hays, and indeed he was a RAF Eagle Squadron Volunteer, here is his US Draft Card that confirms this A038AEEB-2B72-4105-9AF8-D03730EFA46D.jpeg A follow up on the information on his US Draft Registration. Note he was in the ...

Here are some on line sites that have more information on Eagle Squadrons, their were 3 of them in the RAF, 71, 121, and 133 Squadrons https://www.airandspaceforces.com/PDF/MagazineArchive/Documents/2007/October%202007/1007eagle.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Squadrons https://books.google....

George & Temujin: I stumbled across this blog which includes information about my grandfather Leonard Taylor Hays. I can confirm that he was in the Eagle Squadrons, but I don’t have very much information about his time in the war! I was very excited to read about him in the information you posted a...

280th SIGNAL PIGEON COMPANY

https://www.cbi-history.com/part_vi_280 ... al_co.html

http://www.pigeonsincombat.com/

Information on War Dog Detachments in WW2

https://www.cbi-history.com/part_vi_wardog.html

https://www.cbi-history.com/part_vi_wardog2.html

While searching thru Convoy Records, I spotted two men retuning to Canada from Liverpool to Halifax at the end of the Second World War. What peeked my interest, is the both had the same last name, and BOTH going to the same address in Seattle, Washington…….and after investigation found out they were...

The following report is by HMCS DUNDAS on a U Boat Attack on 5 Jun 1944