Andover
Airfield
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RAF_106G_UK_839_RP_3082
Aerial photograph of Andover airfield looking south, 25 September 1945. Photograph taken by No. 544 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/839. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
Historic England
IWM, English Heritage Collection
Andover was built in the First World War and used by the Royal Flying Corps, then the RAF. Home to the 370th Fighter Group in 1944, it was then handed back to the RAF. The airfield closed in 1976, and the site has since been used by the British Army.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 370th Fighter Group 401st Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18051794
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: AO703161
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 355th Fighter Group 370th Fighter Group 354th Fighter Squadron 360th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2057528
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 370th Fighter Group 405th Fighter Group 402nd Fighter Squadron 511th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19074204 / O-674032
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 370th Fighter Group 401st Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot / Flight Commander / Assistant Operations Officer
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Nicknames: Strictly Stella's Baby Lucky Lady
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 370th Fighter Group 402nd Fighter Squadron 79th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: Base Air Depot 3 495th Fighter Training Group
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Nicknames: Gentle Annie
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 370th Fighter Group 401st Fighter Squadron 79th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Nicknames: SWAMP ANGEL
- Unit: 370th Fighter Group
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Nicknames: Colorado Belle
- Unit: Base Air Depot 3 370th Fighter Group 401st Fighter Squadron
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Sources
Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / Roger Freeman, Airfields of the Ninth Then and Now (London, 1994)
Chris Ashworth, Action Stations 9: Military Airfields of the Central South and South-east (Cambridge, 1985)