496th Fighter Training Group
Group
Activated as 496th Fighter Training Group on 11 December 1943 at Greencastle by VIII Composite Command.
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42-68008
P-38 Lightning
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Anthony W 'Tony' Levier test pilot for Lockheed's, P-38J-10-LO Lightning 42-68008 'Snafuperman' on a test flight over California.
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Anthony W 'Tony' Levier, a Lockheed test pilot poses in front of the nose art of a P-38J-10-LO 42-68008 Lightning "Snafuperman", whilst visiting 496th Fighter Training Group at Goxhill. Tony flew demonstrations for the 8th AF to prove the safe operation of the P-38J with only one engine running. Printed caption on reverse: 'PHT GREEN COLLECTION PLACE: Goxhill, DATE: '44.' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tony Levier, 268008 Lockheed Tech Rep.'
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Anthony W 'Tony' Levier, test pilot for Lockheed poses with the nose art of a P-38 42-68008 Lightning P-38J "Snafuperman' whilst visiting the 496th Fighter Training Group, at Goxhill.
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Anthony W 'Tony' Levier test pilot for Lockheed's, P-38J-10-LO Lightning 42-68008 'Snafuperman' on a test flight.
Anthony W 'Tony' Levier, a test pilot for Lockheed visited 8th AF bases to demonstrate his P-38J Lightning 42-68008, nicknamed "Snafuperman", he demonstrated the capability of the aircraft flying with one engine shut down. Previously he and chief engineering test pilot Milo Burcham alternated flying dive tests to observe the P-38 design's performance at transonic speeds.
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Anthony LeVier
Military | Lockheed test pilot
Lockheed test pilot
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Goxhill
Military site : airfield
Goxhill opened in June 1941 as an RAF Bomber Command airfield, before being handed over to RAF Fighter Command in December. The Eighth Air Force took ownership in August 1942, and used the airfield, which they quickly dubbed 'Goat Hill' for operational...
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 09 February 2015 15:17:54 | Al_Skiff | Changes to media associations |
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Roger Freeman / http://www.littlefriends.co.uk |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 09 February 2015 14:46:04 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with serial number, aircraft type, production block number, manufacturer, nicknames, description, unit associations and place associations |
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Roger Freeman Photo / http://www.littlefriends.co.uk |
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