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A Trio of Eagles – The Eagle Squadron Pilots of the 371st Fighter Group

Flight Lieutenant William J. “Diamond Jim” Daley (1919-1944) of No. 121 (Eagle) Squadron, RAF with his Spitfire Mk. V. Handwritten caption on reverse: '121 E.S. Fox Studio Photo U.K. Jim Daley, Pilot.' In 1942 he briefly commanded the 335th Fighter Squadron in the 4th Fighter Group in England, and in 1943 became the Deputy Commander of the 371st Fighter Group, USAAF(American Air Museum in Britain)
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A Trio of Eagles – The Eagle Squadron Pilots of the 371st Fighter Group

Emblem of the Eagle Squadrons worn by members on the shoulder of their uniforms.
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A Trio of Eagles – The Eagle Squadron Pilots of the 371st Fighter Group

Flying Officer Eric E. Doorly (1920-1994) was assigned to No. 133 (Eagle) Squadron. Unfortunately, so far we have only found this one image including him during his Eagle Squadron service, in the front row of a group photo. Original caption (Doorly name misspelled, he and Edwin Taylor highlighted in bold italics below) : “Pilots and Officers of No. 133 (Eagle) Squadron at Biggin Hill, June 1942. Standing L-R: Lt. Leonard T. Ryerson, Lt. George H. Middleton, R. Beatty, E. Miller, D. Gudmundsen, D. Lambert, Dominic S. Gentile, J. Emerson (Intelligence Officer), F. Chapman (Medical Officer), J. Stavely-Dick (Adjutant), Grant E. Eichar and Carl H. Miley. Sitting L-R: G. Harp, William Arends, G. Omens, E. Taylor, Coburn C. King, T. Thomas (Commanding Officer), Donald J. M. Blakeslee, George B. Sperry, E. Doorley, K. Kimbro and W. Baker.” (American Air Museum in Britain)
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A Trio of Eagles – The Eagle Squadron Pilots of the 371st Fighter Group

Edwin D. “Jessie” Taylor (1918-2003) was assigned to No. 133 (Eagle) Squadron. He later became the commander of the 406th Fighter Squadron of the 371st Fighter Group, USAAF. (American Air Museum in Britain)
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Strength in Service: An Oregon Guardsman’s Unstoppable Rise Towards Powerlifting Nationals

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Stepfanie Glidewell prepares to perform a back squat on August 30, 2025 in Vancouver, Washington for the Summer’s End powerlifting competition. Glidewell would go on to place first in her weight class for the event.
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Strength in Service: An Oregon Guardsman’s Unstoppable Rise Towards Powerlifting Nationals

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Stepfanie Glidewell, 142nd Maintenance Operations Flight unit deployment manager, rests on the edge of a bench press on Portland Air National Guard Base, Portland, Ore., Sept. 6, 2025. Glidewell is on track to compete in the U.S. Military Powerlifting Nationals after recovering from a major surgery in October 2024 that removed multiple tumors from her sciatic nerve. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Alexander Frank)
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Pearson Field’s Role in Oregon Military Aviation

This picture of the Portland Army Air Base parking ramp is from after May, 1941 when the 55th Pursuit Group and fighter planes first arrived at Portland. It shows a mix of three Republic P-43 Lancer and two Curtiss P-36 Hawk fighter aircraft of the 55th Pursuit Group, the first flying unit based at Portland AAB. Two fighter squadrons (37th and 38th Pursuit Squadrons) flew the P-43 and another (54th Pursuit Squadron) a mix of P-43 and P-36 fighters as P-43 production worked to meet demand. The men on the ramp in various formations are perhaps drilling and marching in preparation for a military parade. Note what appears to be construction activity ongoing in the distance, as Portland’s runways and taxiways were improved to handle military aircraft carrying heavy loads. As war neared in late 1941, the 55th Pursuit Group’s fighters were painted in what became the standard US Army Air Corps/Army Air Force camouflage of olive drab on the upper surfaces with a neutral gray undersurface. (Photo courtesy of the City of Portland Auditor’s Office Archives)
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Pearson Field’s Role in Oregon Military Aviation

Aerial view of the Portland-Columbia Airport taken in March, 1940, which replaced Portland’s Swan Island Municipal Airport. Just over a year later, on April 13, 1941 Portland Army Air Base was activated at the new Portland-Columbia Airport as the United States sought to improve military readiness. (Courtesy Oregon Historical Society Research Lib., 014394)
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Pearson Field’s Role in Oregon Military Aviation

View of infantry barracks lining the parade ground at Vancouver Barracks. In 1941, Vancouver Barracks supported the establishment of Portland Army Air Base (PAAB) with billeting, training and medical support for air base personnel awaiting completion of barracks at PAAB. (Courtesy Oregon Historical Society Research Library, 57521)
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Pearson Field’s Role in Oregon Military Aviation

The historic aircraft hangars of Pearson Field now serve as the home of the Pearson Air Museum. In 1941, Pearson Field was briefly home to the first military aircraft assigned to the new Portland Army Air Base. (National Park Service)
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Pearson Field’s Role in Oregon Military Aviation

Major G. Robert Dodson stands on the wing of the 123rd Observation Squadron’s first aircraft, a North American BC-1A, in 1941. Before he took command of Oregon’s first military aviation unit, he was a pilot from 1938 to 1941 in the Army Air Corps Reserve’s 321st Observation Squadron based at Pearson Field, Vancouver, Washington. (Fred Hill Collection, 142nd Wing History Archive)
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Pearson Field’s Role in Oregon Military Aviation

Alexander Pearson, Jr. stands in front of a Curtiss R-8 racing plane. This was the type of aircraft he was flying from McCook Field near Dayton, Ohio that crashed on September 2, 1924, killing him. Pearson Field in Vancouver, Washington was named in his honor in 1925. (Mark Davis, via Find a Grave)
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Trademark Red Flight - One “POW,” One MIA

Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 5872 (filed for Lt. Hohl) and MACR 5876 (for F/O Humphreys) used the same map in each report to indicate the area over France at which they were last sighted by their Trademark Red flight and element leaders. (MACR 5872/5876)
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Trademark Red Flight - One “POW,” One MIA

Lt. Hohl was in the Surcouf sub-group led by the Maqui/French Forces of the Interior leader “Marcel,” aka Louis Vesque. (Collection of Alain Corblin)
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Trademark Red Flight - One “POW,” One MIA

Lt. Hohl came under the protection, or detention in his impression, of the Surcouf group of the Maquis, rural fighters of the French Resistance, which in 1944 came under the umbrella of the French Forces of the Interior (FFI), the armed part of the French Resistance. The Surcouf leader was Robert LeBlanc. (Collection of Alain Corblin)
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Trademark Red Flight - One “POW,” One MIA

Flight Officer Edwin S. Humphreys, P-47 Thunderbolt pilot of the 404th Fighter Squadron, 371st Fighter Group, remains MIA since June 8. 1944. He is remembered on the Tablets of the Missing at the Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial in Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England. (Skip Farrow, via Findagrave.com)
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Trademark Red Flight - One “POW,” One MIA

Lt. Hohl, from New Brighton, Pennsylvania, was a P-47 Thunderbolt pilot assigned to the 404th Fighter Squadron, and shot down on June 8, 1944. He survived this shootdown and experienced an unusual evasion experience which seemed like a detention to him, but he eventually returned to friendly control in late August, 1944. (The Story of the 371st Fighter Group in the ETO)
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Trademark Red Flight - One “POW,” One MIA

Capt. George D. Pieck, the operations officer of 404th Fighter Squadron, 371st Fighter Group, led Trademark Red flight on June 8, 1944. He was shot down by flak behind enemy lines over France, parachuted and landed safely on August 10, 1944 but remains MIA to this day. (The Story of the 371st Fighter Group in the ETO)
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Trademark Red Flight - One “POW,” One MIA

Captain George D. Pieck, P-47 Thunderbolt pilot of the 404th Fighter Squadron, 371st Fighter Group, remains MIA since 10 August 1944. He is remembered on the Tablets of the Missing at the Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial in Saint-James, Department de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France. (Joy Riggers, via Findagrave.com)
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Trademark Red Flight - One “POW,” One MIA

Flight Officer Edwin S. Humphreys, from Chicago, Illinois, was a P-47 Thunderbolt pilot assigned to the 404th Fighter Squadron based in England. He was shot down in air combat with the Luftwaffe on June 8, 1944 and remains missing in action to this day. (The Story of the 371st Fighter Group in the ETO)
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