Atcham

Airfield
Aerial photograph of Atcham airfield, looking north west, the fuel store is in the upper centre of the image, 9 September 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7GR/LOC416. English Heritage (USAAF Photography). eh-153.jpg US_7GR_LOC416_FV_7044 Aerial photograph of Atcham airfield, looking north west, the fuel store is in the upper centre of the image, 9 September 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7GR/LOC416. English Heritage (USAAF Photography). Historic England

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Object Number - US_7GR_LOC416_FV_7044 - Aerial photograph of Atcham airfield, looking north west, the fuel store is in the upper centre of the image, 9 September 1944. Photograph taken by...

Atcham, at some remove from other American Air Force bases in Shropshire, was used by USAAF to train pilots from June 1942, several months before the American Eagle Squadrons were combined to form the 4th Fighter Group. Pilots here were mainly trained to fly P-47 Thunderbolts although a few also learnt to fly P-38 Lightnings. Atcham continued to see use as a training base until it was returned to the RAF in March 1945.

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People

Robert O Deibel

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 495th Fighter Group 551st Fighter Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Robert Frederick Elliott

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 14th Fighter Group 49th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14002987 at enlistment, then O-394428
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Alfred W Giacomini

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 31st Fighter Group 308th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-421595
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Claude George Godard

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 495th Fighter Training Group 78th Fighter Group 350th Fighter Squadron 82nd Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14097101 / O-792983
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot
Lieutenant Orville E. Goodman of the 55th Fighter Group receives pills from Flight Surgeon Captain A.R. Garnett at Nuthampstead air base. Passed for publication 12 November 1943. Printed caption attached to print: 'Lt. O.E. Goodman, of Alhambra, Calif., a Lightning P-38 pilot is given vita pills by Flight Surgeon Capt. A.R. Garnett, of Norfolk, Va.'

Orville Edward Goodman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 495th Fighter Training Group 496th Fighter Training Group 55th Fighter Group 338th Fighter Squadron 554th Fighter Training Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-740171
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

BM588

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

BM630

  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Unit: 361st Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 67th Observation Group 109th Reconnaissance Squadron 335th Fighter Squadron No 121 'Eagle' Squadron

DK963

  • Aircraft Type: Master
  • Unit: 6th Fighter Wing

DL679

  • Aircraft Type: Master
  • Unit: 6th Fighter Wing 361st Fighter Group 376th Fighter Squadron

EN772

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

Revisions

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Google maps, internet research

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / Roger Freeman, Airfields of the Eighth Then And Now (London, 1978)

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