Ashford
Airfield
IWM, English Heritage Collection
Object Number - US_34GR_LOC14_VH_1001 - Aerial photograph of Ashford airfield. Photograph taken by the 34th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron of the 10th Photographic Reconnaissance...
Built as an Advanced Landing Ground for the RAF in 1942-1943, Ashford was improved and made ready for the Ninth Air Force in 1944. The 406th Fighter Group operated from the airfield in 1944, before the airfield was returned to RAF use and returned to agriculture before the end of the war in Europe.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 406th Fighter Group 512th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14109332 and O-810629
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 406th Fighter Group 514th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19090948 and O-736945
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 406th Fighter Group 514th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-810511
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-681107
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 406th Fighter Group 514th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11094108 / O-811942
- Highest Rank: Flight Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Aircraft

- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Blue Woofis
- Unit: 406th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron 513th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 406th Fighter Group 513th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 406th Fighter Group 514th Fighter Squadron

- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Barbara B
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 406th Fighter Group 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron
Revisions
Photo of modern buildings on this site is incorrect. There were never any such structures here. The ALG was only used for 12 months
Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / Roger Freeman, Airfields of the Ninth Then and Now (London, 1994)
Chris Ashworth, Action Stations 9: Military Airfields of the Central South and South-east (Cambridge, 1985)