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 495th Fighter Training Group 496th Fighter Training Group 334th Fighter Squadron 369th Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-436339
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-724081
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (78th Fighter Group)
- Service Numbers: O-21485
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot / Commanding Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 14th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron 48th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-394359
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group Headquarters (353rd Fighter Group)
- Service Numbers: O-24960
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Spitfire
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 52nd Fighter Group Headquarters (4th Fighter Group)
- Aircraft Type: Spitfire
- Unit: 52nd Fighter Group 67th Observation Group 109th Observation Squadron
- Aircraft Type: Tiger Moth
- Nicknames: Dorothy
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 79th Service Group 15th Station Complement Squadron Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (79th Service Group)
- Aircraft Type: Lysander
- Unit: 2nd Gunnery & Tow Target Flight
- Aircraft Type: Lysander
- Unit: 495th Fighter Training Group 1st Gunnery & Tow Target Flight
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)