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A Spitfire Mk. Va (C7-M, serial number W3815) of the 555th Fighter Training Squadron, 496th Fighter Training Group at Goxhill, 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Goxhill - '44 - VAS Sptifire Va - W3815 - 496th Fighter Group USAF.' On reverse: P.H.T. Green Collection [Stamp].

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A Spitfire Mk. Va (C7-M, serial number W3815) of the 555th Fighter Training Squadron, 496th Fighter Training Group at Goxhill, 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Goxhill - '44 - VAS Sptifire Va - W3815 - 496th Fighter Group USAF.' On reverse: P.H.T. Green Collection [Stamp].

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Units

British and American personnel hold up flags at the 496th Fighter Training Group base in Goxhill. Printed caption on reverse: 'P.H.T GREEN COLLECTION PLACE: Goxhill, DATE: 44.'

496th Fighter Training Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

A crashed P-51 Mustang (C7-Y, serial number 43-6503) of the 555th Fighter Training Squadron, 496th Fighter Training Group.

555th Fighter Training Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force

Aircraft

W3815

Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Unit: 496th Fighter Training Group 67th Observation Group 109th Observation Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron

Locations

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 bottom, barrack sites are top left, 8 June 1942. Photograph taken on sortie number RAF/UK753. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Goxhill

Site type: Airfield

Revisions

Date: 2 Feb 2015 10:00:01

ContributorAAM

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Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection