Lymington
Airfield
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RAF_3G_TUD_UK_163_V_5247
Aerial photograph of the south end of Lymington airfield looking south, Pylewell Lake is at the top, 20 April 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/163. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
Historic England
IWM, English Heritage Collection
Used by US units including the 50th Fighter Group. The present-day private grass airstrip is to the north of the Second World War airfield site.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 50th Fighter Group 10th Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 50th Fighter Group 313th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-797789
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 50th Fighter Group 81st Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18115103 on enlisting
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 50th Fighter Group 10th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-793601
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 50th Fighter Group 10th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-812097
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: The Galveston Gal
- Unit: 50th Fighter Group 81st Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Lethal Liz II
- Unit: 50th Fighter Group 81st Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 50th Fighter Group 10th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Town of Paggett, Arkansas
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 50th Fighter Group 10th Fighter Squadron 335th Fighter Squadron 351st Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: Oxford
- Unit: 312th Service Group 24th Mobile Reclamation and Repair Squadron
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Sources
Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / Chris Ashworth, Action Stations 5: Military Airfields of the South-West (Cambridge, 1982)