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IMAGE

Personnel of the 496th Fighter Training Group assemble near a P-38 Lightning for a demonstration. Printed caption on reverse: 'P.H.T GREEN COLLECTION. PLACE: Goxhill, DATE: '44 SUBJECT: Lockheed P38.' Handwritten caption on reverse: '268008.'

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Personnel of the 496th Fighter Training Group assemble near a P-38 Lightning for a demonstration by famed Lockheed test pilot Tony Levier. This P-38 was nicknamed "Snafuperman". Printed caption on reverse: 'P.H.T GREEN COLLECTION. PLACE: Goxhill, DATE: '44 SUBJECT: Lockheed P38.' Handwritten caption on reverse: '268008.'

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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

People

Anthony W LeVier

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Role/Job: Lockheed test pilot

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: 5 Nov 2022 07:39:47

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Sources

Updated caption information.

Date: 8 Sep 2014 15:22:26

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Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection