Fowlmere

Airfield
The control tower at Fowlmere, home of the 339th Fighter Group, 1945. Image via James G Robinson. Written on slide casing: 'Fowlmere Tower, 1945.' media-388198.jpg FRE 5982 The control tower at Fowlmere, home of the 339th Fighter Group, 1945. Image via James G Robinson. Written on slide casing: 'Fowlmere Tower, 1945.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5982 - The control tower at Fowlmere, home of the 339th Fighter Group, 1945. Image via James G Robinson. Written on slide casing: 'Fowlmere Tower, 1945.'

Just as nearby Duxford was known as the 'Duck pond' by American airmen, so Fowlmere was known as 'the Hen Puddle' because of the wet conditions that pervaded the bases during the winter of 1943-1944. The 339th Fighter Group had no choice but to persist and, flying their new P-51B Mustangs on operations from the end of April 1944, went on to record the highest claims of air and ground enemy aircraft victories in the space of one year. Fowlmere was sold to local farmers in 1957, and since 1988 part of the site has continued to operate as an airfield.

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 504th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-432130
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron 504th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (355th Fighter Group)
  • Service Numbers: 18042667 / O-432058
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 861st Engineer Aviation Battalion
  • Service Numbers: 32547911
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 503rd Fighter Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Armorer
Captain George Hrico and Lieutenant Boyd O Jackson of the 339th Fighter Group with a P-51 Mustang. Image via James G Robinson. Written on slide casing: 'Cpt George Hrici and Lt Boyd O Jackson.'
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 505th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-455570
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Fabasca v
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 504th Fighter Squadron
 In the foreground is A P-51 Mustang 6N: N (serial number 44-15001), named “Silver Streak”, of the 339th Fighter Group. Handwritten on slide:"415001 6N:N Silve Streak cpt Robert Irion 6N: D 414886 Fowlmere James G Robinson"
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Angel of Mercy
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 505th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Beaver Chant
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 504th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Tar Heel Lois III
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron 505th Fighter Squadron
A P-51 Mustang (6N-E, serial number 44-14622) nicknamed "Little One II" of the 339th Fighter Group flown by Captain James G Robinson. Image via James G Robinson. Written on slide casing: '414622 ?-E, Capt James Robison Little One II.'
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Little One II
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 505th Fighter Squadron

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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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