Eglinton
Airfield
Object Number - UPL 18884 - P/O James Geiger Coxetter Jr [R] 133 [Eagle] Sqn RAF.
Built for the RAF in 1940-41, Eighth Air Force lodger units moved in in 1942. The 52nd Fighter Group and 82nd Fighter Group used the airfield, before the Royal Navy moved in and occupied the base until 1959. Partly closed, it was still used by the Royal Navy for helicopters between 1960 and 1966. From 1966 it has been home to Eglinton Flying Club. From 1967-1994 it was known as Londonderry Eglinton Airport, and City of Derry Airport from 1994 to date.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: No 133 'Eagle' Squadron
- Service Numbers: 104392
- Highest Rank: Pilot Officer
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: No 133 'Eagle' Squadron
- Service Numbers: 67583
- Highest Rank: Pilot Officer
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 413th Fighter Group No 133 'Eagle' Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-535552
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 82nd Fighter Group 97th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16026965 on enlisting
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 52nd Fighter Group
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Spitfire
- Unit: 52nd Fighter Group
- Aircraft Type: Spitfire
- Unit: 52nd Fighter Group
- Aircraft Type: Spitfire
- Unit: 52nd Fighter Group No 121 'Eagle' Squadron
- Aircraft Type: Spitfire
- Unit: 52nd Fighter Group
- Aircraft Type: Spitfire
- Unit: 52nd Fighter Group No 71 'Eagle' Squadron
Revisions
Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / David J. Smith, Action Stations 7: Military Airfields of Scotland, the North-east and Northern Ireland (Cambridge, 1989)
Roger Freeman, Mighty Eighth War Manual (London, 2001)
