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: 66th Fighter Wing
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Flight Surgeon
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 31st Fighter Group 357th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 307th Fighter Squadron 335th Fighter Squadron 363rd Fighter Squadron 554th Fighter Training Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-433426
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot/squadron commander
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 496th Fighter Training Group 55th Fighter Group 38th Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13127486 / O-824591
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 359th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 370th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17115929 / O-704789
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 66th Fighter Wing 78th Fighter Group Headquarters (66th Fighter Wing)
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Lysander
- Unit: 2031st Gunnery Flight
- Aircraft Type: Spitfire
- Unit: 52nd Fighter Group 67th Observation Group 109th Observation Squadron
- Aircraft Type: Spitfire
- Unit: 333rd Service Group 52nd Fighter Group 332nd Service Squadron 1st Gunnery & Tow Target Flight
- Aircraft Type: Spitfire
- Unit: 67th Observation Group 109th Observation Squadron
- Aircraft Type: Spitfire
- Unit: 496th Fighter Training Group 67th Observation Group 109th Observation Squadron 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)