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 514th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11094108 / O-811942
- Highest Rank: Flight Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 406th Fighter Group 513th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15195375 / O-808306
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Unit: 36th Fighter Group 53rd Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 36th Fighter Group 53rd Fighter Squadron
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 406th Fighter Group 514th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20904853 / O-713661
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 78th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron 83rd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Baby
- Unit: 355th Fighter Group 406th Fighter Group 354th Fighter Squadron 514th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 406th Fighter Group 56th Fighter Group 513th Fighter Squadron 61st Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 406th Fighter Group 512th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 359th Fighter Group 406th Fighter Group 370th Fighter Squadron 513th 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)