Eagle Squadrons

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Reference WMO/140742

Address:

Grosvenor Square Garden

Grosvenor Square

Westminster

London

W1K

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Pillar/column
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: US Armed Forces: Obelisk with tapering top surmounted by American bald eagle Squadron crests and mottos engraved on each face. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mayfair & Hyde Park Walk: Under American law it was illegal for a citizen to join the armed forces of another country. Nevertheless thousands of US nationals volunteered to fly with the RAF (or Canadian Air Force) and were moved secretly through Canada. About 250 Americans came to Britain and Squadrons 71, 121 & 133 were set up for them to join which became known as the Eagle Squadrons. In 1944 Congress passed a pardon for these brave people. The Eagle, which proudly sits on top of the column, was chosen in 1782 as the emblem of the USA. It represented great strength, majestic looks, the freedom of movement and, at the time, was thought only to exist in America. It is said that in the American Revolution the noise of battle caused the eagles to fly overhead “shrieking for freedom”. The direction in which the eagle looks is also significant as on the American seal its left talon holds a bunch of arrows while its right talon holds an olive branch. In which direction is this eagle facing ? This square holds other associations with America as well. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Route: As you walk back thru the Gardens to where you came in you can also see the figures of Roosevelt and Eisenhower. From here return along Upper Brook Street and across to the green space at Brook Gate in the middle of Park Lane to find Animals in War memorial.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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This memorial is to thememory of the 244 American and 16 British Fighter Pilots and other personnel who served in the three Royal Air Force Eagle Squadrons prior to the participation of the United States of America in the Second World War

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