They say that 32 American volunteer pilots arrived in France to join the French Armée de l'Air in spring 1940, and that ( in the following campaign 4 were killed and 11 captured. 5 went to England and 12 are supposed to have returned to the US ).
Hello,
From the above quote, take it to mean later in the war.
From Tony Holmes book American Eagles(USAAF Colours 1), page 32. The numbers are the same.
11 Americans qualified to wear the BoB clasps, but only one survived the war.
Come the 10th July just one of the 4 "Yanks" who had been serving in Fighter Command at the start of the war remained in the front line, F/O. Carl Raymond Davis.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/c...-carl-raymond/
Tobin and Mamedoff had originally signed up to join the conflict in Finland so with the end of the "winter war" they headed to France instead. At some point they met up with Keough and the three then spent some time retreating from Paris to Bordeaux at last getting a ship to England. Because of the new US laws the British advised them to get to Canada where they may be able to join the RCAF.But pleading their case through an MP they were eventually excepted for the RAF from the 5th July 1940.
Fiske who was already RAF and killed was possibly one of the 4 mentioned as killed, prior to 71 Sqn being formed. Then again perhaps he was not recognized as one of the 32 mentioned because he was already RAF .
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/c...mead-lindsley/
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/c...on,-otto-john/
Alex