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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People

James Geiger Coxetter

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: No 133 'Eagle' Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 104392
  • Highest Rank: Pilot Officer
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Hugh Harrison McCall

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: No 133 'Eagle' Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 67583
  • Highest Rank: Pilot Officer
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Cecil Edward Meierhoff

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 413th Fighter Group No 133 'Eagle' Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-535552
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
An airman of the 82nd Fighter Group, 12th Air Force with his P-38 Lightning nicknamed "Chicken Dit".

Gerald L Rounds

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 82nd Fighter Group 97th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16026965 on enlisting
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

George A Zientowski

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 52nd Fighter Group
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: pilot

Aircraft

AA753

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

AA754

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

AA903

  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Unit: 52nd Fighter Group No 121 'Eagle' Squadron

AB257

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

AB897

  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Unit: 52nd Fighter Group No 71 'Eagle' Squadron

Revisions

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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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