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Goxhill

Major
Also known as: Goathill (nickname) / Goxhill Aerodrome / RAF Goxhill / USAAF Station 345
County: North Lincolnshire
Current Status: Farmland / Industry
Date: 25 June 1941 - 14 December 1953
Current Use: Disused
Used By: RAF / USAAF (main user)
Aircraft Roles: Fighter / Trainer (main role)

The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/07/2013):

  • Goxhill Library
  • Goxhill Parish Council
  • Military Aviation Museum - US museum, where control tower rebuilt after being disassembled at airfield

Main unit(s) present:

  • 1st FG
  • 2nd FS
  • 4th FS
  • 5th FS
  • No 1 Gp TT Flight
  • 27th FS
  • No 35 MU
  • 52nd FG
  • 71st FS
  • 78th FG
  • 82nd FS
  • 83rd FS
  • 84th FS
  • No 92 MU
  • No 93 MU
  • No 233 MU
  • 350th FS
  • 351st FS
  • 352nd FS
  • 353rd FG
  • 356th FG
  • 358th FG
  • 359th FS
  • 360th FS
  • 361st FS
  • 365th FS
  • 366th FS
  • 367th FS
  • 496th FTG
  • 554th FS
  • 555th FS
  • No 4029 Anti-Aircraft Flight RAF Regiment
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A North American P-51 Mustang outside the restored Goxhill control tower at The Military Aviation Museum, Virginia, USA. Courtesy of The Military Aviation Museum

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A North American P-51 Mustang outside the restored Goxhill control tower at The Military Aviation Museum, Virginia, USA. Courtesy of The Military Aviation Museum

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A North American P-51 Mustang outside the restored Goxhill control tower at The Military Aviation Museum, Virginia, USA. Courtesy of The Military Aviation Museum

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Interior of the restored Goxhill control tower at The Military Aviation Museum, Virginia, USA. Courtesy of The Military Aviation Museum

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Interior of the restored Goxhill control tower at The Military Aviation Museum, Virginia, USA. Courtesy of The Military Aviation Museum

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A Supermarine Spitfire outside the restored Goxhill control tower at The Military Aviation Museum, Virginia, USA. Courtesy of The Military Aviation Museum

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A Supermarine Spitfire outside the restored Goxhill control tower at The Military Aviation Museum, Virginia, USA. Courtesy of The Military Aviation Museum

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A taxiway at Goxhill, 12 May 2006.

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Remains of a runway at Goxhill, 11 July 2006.

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Dining Room and Cinema at Goxhill, 29 May 2008. © Richard Flagg

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Taxiway at the east of the airfield looking north east, 29 May 2008. © Richard Flagg

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T2 Type Aircraft Shed at Goxhill, 29 May 2008. © Richard Flagg

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Station Headquarters at Goxhill, 29 May 2008. © Richard Flagg

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J Type Aircraft Shed at Goxhill, 29 May 2008. © Richard Flagg

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T2 Type Aircraft Shed at Goxhill, 29 May 2008. © Richard Flagg

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Can Camera, Gun Workshops and Lecture Room at Goxhill, 29 May 2008. © Richard Flagg

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Gymnasium at Goxhill, 29 May 2008. © Richard Flagg

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J Type Aircraft Shed at Goxhill, 29 May 2008. © Richard Flagg

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Turret Instruction Building at Goxhill, 29 May 2008. © Richard Flagg

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The armoury at Goxhill, 29 May 2008. © Richard Flagg

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Remains of a runway at Goxhill, 14 August 2008.

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Part of a taxiway at Goxhill, 14 August 2008.

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Hangar at Goxhill, 14 August 2008.

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Remains of a runway at Goxhill, 23 September 2008.

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Airfield defence observation post at Goxhill, 6 July 2014. © Richard Flagg

Footage of Goxhill. Courtesy of Guy Osgerby

Aerial footage of Goxhill. Courtesy of Richard Lawson

Parent(s)/HQ Airfield(s):

Tadcaster (Bramham Moor)

Decoy Airfield(s):

Burnham

Home Defence Flight Station(s):

Beverley I / Coal Aston I

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