Goxhill......78th FG's Home Before Duxford..........Today

[Boghopper]

Before the 78th FG moved to it more common known home of Duxford, it had a brief stay on arrival in the UK at Goxhill airfield, North Lincolnshire. Once the 78th moved south it continued to be operated by the USAAF as a training field for new pilots coming to the ETO, the 496th FTG with P-38's and P-51's
Today the airfield has returned to agriculture and storage, but much remains of the technical site





Today the fire truck and meat wagon sheds still survive, but the tower was demolished for relocation to the States ( a sad story in itself )




Mechanical Grade oil drum left over


The photo developing building still survives, with doors and stencils still alive if faded


Operations buliding still stands with doors fading in the sun


The 3 main hangars are alive and still in use today, but not with the P-47 / P-38 / and P-51's taking shelter, but a more lesser interesting use of storage



Have a few more if people are interested

Mart

[seabee1526]

I'm very interested, these are wonderful

[Chappie]

I think it is fabulous that the field and some of its old buildings still survive.

Chappie

[bdk]

Thank you sir, may I have another? Great stuff!!!!

[Jerry O'Neill]

Please post more! It's amazing to see that these things still survive.
Is the Goxhill tower the one that is going to the Fighter Factory in VA?
Jerry

[bentwingbomber]

Is the Goxhill tower the one that is going to the Fighter Factory in VA?
Jerry

Thats the sad story Boghopper mentions.

The Tower was hacked apart for the move, proved to difficult to do and then left.

It now looks like a construction site.

A great shame.

Regards

bwb

[Jerry O'Neill]

Ouch!
Not the end for the tower I expected.

[thetexpat]

You may be interested in the following link that shows Goxhill in glorious colour and more detail compliments of Bing!
http://www.content-delivery.co.uk/aviat ... xhill.html
Cheers,
thetexpat

[Pat Carry]

Now and then photos, I love it! thanks

[lmritger]

It should be stated in defense of the Fighter Factory that they were as astonished and taken aback by how the tower was taken down as anyone else. Apparently it was knocked down with a bulldozer or some such thing... what they received was effectively a load of masonry with steel bits which had to be manually unloaded and sorted.

On the positive side, it couldn't be in better hands now, and those of us here in the States who cannot afford to venture to Old Blighty will get to experience a genuine WWII control tower in an operational environment, once the reconstruction is complete.

Lynn

[mennie]

Thanks Boghopper for the pictures and info.

I was just here last Sunday and drove around a bit:
http://youtu.be/eUZYOg76d3c

Was also here almost 10 years ago, some bricks of the control tower were still there at that time.


Sorry, my gallery is not working:
http://www.warbird-hangar.com/e107_plug ... 5-08-2004/

[kalamazookid]

It's always amazed me how there are still relics and reminders of WWII all across England and Europe. Thanks for sharing.

[Pat Carry]

I love those,thanks.

[C VEICH]

Wonderful pictures Boghopper, thank you!

[mike furline]