8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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41-7631
P-38 Lightning
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![P-38 Lightnings, including (serial number 41-7631) of the 1st Fighter Group at Goxhill. Image stamped on reverse: 'Not to be published 20 Jul 1942.' [stamp] and '213031.' [censor no]. Printed caption on the reverse is damaged and is illegible.](http://americanairmuseum.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/freeman/media-456762.jpg?itok=8JH1kTJP)
P-38 Lightnings, including (serial number 41-7631) of the 1st Fighter Group at Goxhill. Image stamped on reverse: 'Not to be published 20 Jul 1942.' [stamp] and '213031.' [censor no]. Printed caption on the reverse is damaged and is illegible.
Assigned to 94FS, 1FG, 8AF USAAF. The aircraft was eventually scrapped in Tunisia. The tail section was used by the 33rd Fighter Group's 59th Fighter Squadron as a bar in the spring of 1943.
Service
Units
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1st Fighter Group
Group
The 1st Fighter Group were initially deployed to Britain in the summer of 1942 as part of Operation Bolero. After shuttling through a number of different bases in the UK, the Group was reassigned to the Twelfth Air Force in September 1942 and supported... -
94th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
Places
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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... -
Kirton-in-Lindsey
Military site : airfield
Used as an RFC and RAF Home Defence landing ground during the First World War, Kirton-in-Lindsey was built during 1938-40 as an RAF fighter station. It had two grass runways, 10 hardstandings, three grouped C hangars and four over-blister hangars....
Events
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| Manufactured | Burbank, CA, USA | 1942 |
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Built at Lockheed. |
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| Delivered | California, USA | 1942 |
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Delivered to USAAF. |
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| Deployed to ETO | Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL, Canada | June 1942 |
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Delivered to UK as part of Operation Bolero via Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Greenland. |
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| Deployed to ETO | Greenland | June 1942 |
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Delivered to UK as part of Operation Bolero via Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Greenland. |
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| Assigned | Kirton in Lindsey, Gainsborough DN21, UK | July 1942 |
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Assigned to 94FS, 1FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Assigned | Tafraoui, Algeria | 13 November 1942 |
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Redeployed to Algeria with the 12th AF. |
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| Scrapped | Tunisia | 1943 |
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Scrapped in Tunisia. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 22 March 2017 19:50:08 | Al_Skiff | Changes to description, events, unit associations and place associations |
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1st_Fighter_Group_P-38_Lightning... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 19 November 2016 01:11:39 | 466thHistorian | Created entry with serial number, aircraft type, production block number, manufacturer, unit associations, place associations and media associations |
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