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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Spitfire
- Unit: No 133 'Eagle' Squadron
- Aircraft Type: Spitfire
- Unit: No 133 'Eagle' Squadron
- Aircraft Type: Spitfire
- Nicknames: Teling Tinggi (N.E.I.)
- Unit: 52nd Fighter Group
- Aircraft Type: Spitfire
- Nicknames: Bhabnagar
- Unit: 52nd Fighter Group
- Aircraft Type: Spitfire
- Nicknames: Holmwood II
- Unit: 52nd Fighter Group
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)