page_title: RAF Goxhill
section_title: United States Army Air Forces use
hierarchical_section_title: RAF Goxhill / United States Army Air Forces use
caption_attribution_description: English: A Spitfire Mk. Va (C7-M, serial number W3815) of the 555th Fighter Training Squadron, 496th Fighter Training Group at Goxhill, 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Goxhill - '44 - VAS Sptifire Va - W3815 - 496th Fighter Group USAF.' On reverse: P.H.T. Green Collection [Stamp].
context_page_description: Royal Air Force Goxhill or RAF Goxhill is a former Royal Air Force station located east of Goxhill, on the south bank of the Humber Estuary, opposite the city of Kingston upon Hull, in north Lincolnshire, England.
context_section_description: The airfield was relegated to satellite field use by RAF Kirmington until August 1942, when it was taken over by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). The transfer ceremony was attended by General Dwight D. Eisenhower. During the war it was known as USAAF Station 345.
  The facilities at Goxhill, however, left a lot to be desired. Three wooden barracks were supplemented by a number of metal fabricated buildings for living quarters.  Typical of the temporary RAF station of that period, living quarters and mess facilities were 1 to 2 miles from the hangars and flight operations area for safety reasons.
  The station was unofficially known by the USAAF units based here as "GoatHill". The USAAF used Goxhill as a training airfield for the rest of the war; several squadrons used it after their initial deployment to the UK, then moved on to a permanent facility for their operational missions.
  USAAF Station Units assigned to RAF Goxhill were:
  333rd Service Group
  332rd Service Squadron; HHS 333d Service Group
  13th Station Complement Squadron
  18th Weather Squadron
  2nd Gunnery & Tow Target Flight
  1004th Signal Company
  1148th Quartermaster Company
  1275th Military Police Company
  1771st Ordnance Supply & Maintenance Company
  2130th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
  Both the USAAF 8th and 9th Air Force used Goxhill. Units which trained here were:
  The 496th Fighter Group was a Combat Crew Replacement Center for 8th and 9th USAAF units. It consisted of the 554th Fighter Squadron with P-38s and the 555th Fighter Squadron with North American P-51 Mustangs. The group trained over 2,400 fighter pilots during its existence. The 78th Fighter Group came to England equipped with P-38s, but had all of its aircraft and most of its pilots sent to the Twelfth Air Force in February 1943, after which it flew P-47 Thunderbolts.
caption: A Spitfire Mk. Va (C7-M, serial number W3815) of the 555th Fighter Training Squadron, 496th Fighter Training Group at Goxhill, 1944.
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