496th Fighter Training Group
Group
Activated as 496th Fighter Training Group on 11 December 1943 at Greencastle by VIII Composite Command.
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Anthony W 'Tony' Levier, test pilot for Lockheed poses with the nose art of a P-38 42-68008 Lightning P-38J "Snafuperman' whilst visiting the 496th Fighter Training Group, at Goxhill.
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Anthony LeVier
Military | Lockheed test pilot
Lockheed test pilot
Aircraft
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42-68008 'Snafuperman'
P-38 Lightning
Anthony W 'Tony' Levier, a test pilot for Lockheed visited 8th AF bases to demonstrate his P-38J Lightning 42-68008, nicknamed "Snafuperman", he demonstrated the capability of the aircraft flying with one engine shut down. Previously he and chief...
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Goxhill
Military site : airfield
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...
