78th Fighter Group

United States Army Air Forces

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78^th Fighter Group
Nickname: "The Duxford Eagles"
Motto: "Above The Foe"
Group Callsign: "Greywall-Bakehouse/Phoenix-Slapstick-Boycott"

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Aircraft ID Code
Not Known

Group Aircraft
P-38, P-47, P-51

Airfield	Dates Occupied
Goxhill Airfield Lincolnshire	December 1942-April 1943
Duxford Airfield Cambridgeshire	April 1943-October 1945

Squadron	Callsign	Code
82^nd Fighter Squadron	Stedman-Churchtime/Surtax-Rainbox	MX (Red rudder from 11/44)
83^rd Fighter Squadron	Lockyear-Cleveland/Cargo-Turquoise	HL (White rudder from 11/44)
84^th Fighter Squadron	Bayland-Clinton/Shampoo-Spotlight	WZ (Black rudder from 11/44)

78^th FG Related Photos
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78^th FG Visitor Information
78^th FG Related Websites	78^th Fighter Group on Little Friends 78^th Fighter Group
78^th FG Contacts	Andrew Height - Duxford 78th FG Association UK Contact, Friends of the Eighth, 8thAFHS UK: 0 1223 834254

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