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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Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb C7-M W3815 555 FTS, 496 FTG, 8AF Goxhill.
Group
Activated as 496th Fighter Training Group on 11 December 1943 at Greencastle by VIII Composite Command.
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Squadron
Spitfire
Supermarine Spitfire W3815 Mk Vb Const #1985, Built at Eastleigh.
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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...
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19 November 2015 12:24:38 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with caption, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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USAAF Photo. |