Eglinton

Airfield
media-18884.jpeg UPL 18884 P/O James Geiger Coxetter Jr [R] 133 [Eagle] Sqn RAF.

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Object Number - UPL 18884 - P/O James Geiger Coxetter Jr [R] 133 [Eagle] Sqn RAF.

Built for the RAF in 1940-41, Eighth Air Force lodger units moved in in 1942. The 52nd Fighter Group and 82nd Fighter Group used the airfield, before the Royal Navy moved in and occupied the base until 1959. Partly closed, it was still used by the Royal Navy for helicopters between 1960 and 1966. From 1966 it has been home to Eglinton Flying Club. From 1967-1994 it was known as Londonderry Eglinton Airport, and City of Derry Airport from 1994 to date.

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A Mark V Spitfire (serial number AR404, "War Weary") of 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. Handwritten on slide case:"Mount Farm 7PG R. Astrella"

AR404

  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Unit: 14th Fighter Group 2nd Fighter Group 52nd Fighter Group 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron

BL770

  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Unit: 52nd Fighter Group

BL898

  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Unit: 52nd Fighter Group 67th Observation Group 109th Observation Squadron

EN772

  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Unit: 52nd Fighter Group 109th Observation Squadron

EN894

  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Unit: 52nd Fighter Group 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group 12th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron

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Sources

Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / David J. Smith, Action Stations 7: Military Airfields of Scotland, the North-east and Northern Ireland (Cambridge, 1989)

Roger Freeman, Mighty Eighth War Manual (London, 2001)

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