Goxhill
Airfield
IWM, English Heritage Collection
Object Number - RAF_UK753_V_0027 - Aerial photograph of Goxhill airfield looking north west, the control tower and technical site with two T2 hangars and a J-Type hangar is at the...
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: 359th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 369th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16080701 / O-687236
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 496th Fighter Training Group 555th Fighter Training Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-384544
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 496th Fighter Training Group 55th Fighter Group 38th Fighter Squadron 554th Fighter Training Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-805025
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 496th Fighter Training Group 1st Scouting Force 385th Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13008053 / O-802852
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 496th Fighter Training Group 554th Fighter Training Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-001846
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 359th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron 370th Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Smoky Joe
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 352nd Fighter Group 479th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 56th Fighter Group 434th Fighter Squadron 486th Fighter Squadron 55th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 355th Fighter Group 356th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 354th Fighter Squadron 361st Fighter Squadron 554th Fighter Training Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Penny
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 359th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron 352nd Fighter Squadron 368th Fighter Squadron 554th Fighter Training Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Marj Priority Nil
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 352nd Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 486th Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron 77th Fighter 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)