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![P/O James Geiger Coxetter Jr [R] 133 [Eagle] Sqn RAF.](http://americanairmuseum.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/media/media-18884.jpeg?itok=sSFcvBPN)
P/O James Geiger Coxetter Jr [R] 133 [Eagle] Sqn RAF.
![P/O Roland L Wolfe 133 [Eagle] Sqn RAF. Interred in Eire till 44, when he joined USAAF with 78th FG.](http://americanairmuseum.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/media/media-19020.jpeg?itok=huZsB-mV)
P/O Roland L Wolfe 133 [Eagle] Sqn RAF. Interred in Eire till 44, when he joined USAAF with 78th FG.
FUND-RAISER advert for the Ministry of Aircraft production (photo via Bob Bradley)
SPITFIRE MK ONE - 'BOLSOVER' - R7261 - photo via Mr A N Bridgewater, Bolsover Historian, from a negative via Andrew Ball.
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.
Group
Two of the Squadrons of the 52nd Fighter Group flew Spitfires with RAF Fighter Command in August and early September 1942 from northern Ireland. After these preparatory missions, the Group joined the Twelfth and then Fifteenth Air Force in the...
Group
The 82nd Fighter Group flew training missions from bases in Northern Ireland with the Eighth Air Force between October and December 1942. They then joined the Twelfth Air Force in North Africa, supporting the ground invasion of Tunisia, Sicily and...
Squadron
'On 1 August 1941, No. 133 reformed at Coltishall as the third 'Eagle' Squadron manned by American personnel. Equipped with Hurricanes it became operational at the end of September. The next month the Squadron moved to Northern Ireland, returning to...
Military | Pilot Officer | Pilot
Joined RAFVR, Polaris Flight Academy, assigned to 133S, replacement pilot Eglinton Oct-41
Killed in a flying action 27-Oct-41. Repatriated to the USA.
Military | Pilot Officer | Pilot
Joined RAFVR, assigned to 133S member of B flight.
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Military | Captain | Pilot | 413th Fighter Group
Graduate of Florence High School, Class of 1937. He attended the Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia, Kansas. He was a Phi Sigma Epsilon Rush Captain. Cecil left college after his third year, because he wanted to become a fighter pilot. He jumped...
Military | Major | Fighter pilot | 82nd Fighter Group
Gerald Rounds served as a fighter pilot with the 97th Fighter Squadron of the 82nd Fighter Group, flying P-38s in the Mediterranean Theater.
Military | Major | pilot | 52nd Fighter Group
Pilot Spitfire/P-39, assigned to 5th FS, 52nd FG, 8th AF. Served in WWII, Korea and Vietnam.
Spitfire
Supermarine Spitfire AR404 Mk Vb, Built at Westland.
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Spitfire
Supermarine Spifire EN951 Mk Vb, Built at Castle Bromwich Aircaft Factory.
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Spitfire
Supermarine Spitfire W3942 Mk Vb, Const # 2078 Built at High Post.
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Spitfire
Supermarine Spitfire AB897 Mk Vb, Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.
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Spitfire
Supermarine Spitfire EN894 Mk Vb, Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.
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Spitfire
Supermarine Spifire AA754 Mk Vb, Const #2161, Built at Chattis Hill.
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Spitfire
Supermarine Spifire AA753 Mk Vb, Const #2154 Built at Chattis Hill.
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Spitfire
Supermarine Spitfire W3264 Mk Vb, Const #1730, Built at Eastleigh.
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Spitfire
Supermarine Spitfire P7849 Mk IIa, Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.
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Spitfire
Supermarine Spitfire EN772 Mk Vb, Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 27 September 2014 18:02:16 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
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) |
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