Goxhill
AirfieldIWM, English Heritage Collection
Goxhill opened in June 1941 as an RAF Bomber Command airfield, before being handed over to RAF Fighter Command in December. The Eighth Air Force took ownership in August 1942, and used the airfield, which they quickly dubbed 'Goat Hill' for operational training. Several different US Fighter Groups used the base for operational training before moving on to their permanent operational homes. These included the 78th Fighter Group, before it moved to Duxford. The airfield was handed back to the RAF in January 1945. It was officially closed in 1953. Several of the airfield’s structures remain today.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 496th Fighter Training Group 55th Fighter Group 338th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19065678 / O-740137
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 496th Fighter Training Group 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-886014
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 364th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 384th Fighter Squadron 554th Fighter Training Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18117289 / O-760436
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Squadron No 121 'Eagle' Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-885358
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 361st Fighter Group 495th Fighter Training Group 374th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20446120 / O-816630
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Nicknames: Snafuperman
- Unit: 496th Fighter Training Group
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Clarkie
- Unit: 365th Fighter Group 361st Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Rebel
- Unit: 359th Fighter Group 495th Fighter Training Group 78th Fighter Group 370th Fighter Squadron 551st Fighter Training Squadron 84th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Swedes Steed
- Unit: 354th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 353rd Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 496th Fighter Training Group 555th Fighter Training Squadron
Revisions
Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / Roger Freeman, Mighty Eighth War Manual (London, 2001)
Roger Freeman, Airfields of the Eighth Then And Now (London, 1978)
Bruce Barrymore Halpenny, Action Stations 2: Military Airfields of Lincolnshire and the East Midlands (Cambridge, 1984)