RAF-Lincolnshire.info - the home of Royal Air Force and airfield history in Lincolnshire, including allied and other air services.
  RAF Coleby Grange :: Photographs

Home
RAF Stations & Bases
Full list of locations
Squadrons and Units
A brief history
Aircraft types
Photographs
Memorials
Crashes
Sqn & Stn Associations
Museums
Maps
Oral History
Books
Search site
Links
Sitemap
Abbreviations
People Finder
Family history & research
About the site
FAQs
Contact us
Copyright
Updates
#RAFLincolnshire

Photos home

> Station and Base Photos

RAF Bardney
RAF Binbrook
RAF Bottesford
RAF Coleby Grange
RAFC Cranwell
RAF East Kirkby
RAF Elsham Wolds
RAF Donna Nook
RAF Faldingworth
RAF Fulbeck
RAF Goxhill
RAF Grimsby / Waltham
RAF Hibaldstow
RAF Ingham
RAF Kelstern
RAF Kirton in Lindsey
RAF Metheringham
RAF North Killingholme
RAF Sandtoft
RAF Scampton
RAF Sturgate
RAF Stenigot
RAF Swinderby
RAF Theddlethorpe
RAF Wellingore
RAF Wigsley

> Unit and Formation Memorials

> Marine Craft / ASR

> Historical interest

> Lincolnshire landscape

> Copyright statement

> site access information

Updated : 6 Oct 06

RAF Coleby Grange has now almost entirely returned to the Boothby Graffoe Heath with central sections of the airfield forming the foundations of Boothby Heath Farm. The peritrack is largely intact and very visible from the air - see the multimap map-photo overlay for a clear demonstration.

RAF Coleby Grange - Looking north from the south-west peritrack corner on the B1202 at SK999597. RAF Coleby Grange - Looking north from the south-west peritrack corner on the B1202 at SK999597. RAF Coleby Grange - view north across the south-east dispersal towards the control tower
South-west peritrack South-west peritrack

 South-east dispersal
RAF Coleby Grange - Close-up of the control tower. RAF Coleby Grange - The south-east peritrack corner from the B1202 at TF011602. RAF Coleby Grange - Unknown airfield building.
Control Tower South-east peritrack

 Unknown building
RAF Coleby Grange airfield historical sign RAF Coleby Grange - old taxiway RAF Coleby Grange control tower
Airfield sign Taxiway

 Control Tower
RAF Coleby Grange RAF Coleby Grange RAF Coleby Grange
Breaking the perimeter track near the watch tower Dispersal being broken up


 Perimeter Track being broken up
RAF Coleby Grange RAF Coleby Grange RAF Coleby Grange
Perimeter track being reduced in width Remains of building next to control tower

 Section of perimeter track
RAF Coleby Grange RAF Coleby Grange RAF Coleby Grange
Section of perimeter track Watch Tower

 Watch Tower from Southern perimeter
RAF Coleby Grange    
Watch Tower

 

Some photos appear with kind permission of Old Airfields and are attributed individually. Some photographs appear by kind permission of Mark Burrell and can be viewed, together with many more photographs of this and other Lincolnshire airfields at lincolnshireairfields.fotopic.net

first photo >>

location of RAF Coleby Grange in relation to Lincolnshire - click here for full-size map showing all station locations

RAF Coleby Grange photographs

307 Sqn memorial

Buy the local map:
click to buy on Amazon.co.uk1:25 000 (detail)
click to buy on Amazon.co.uk1:50 000 (area)

Photos of RAF Coleby Grange control tower

Aerial photograph of RAF Coleby Grange

RAF Coleby Grange memories on the Wartime Memories Project

Aviation Heritage Lincolnshire
(Tourism)

Follow RAF Lincolnshire:
Visit RAF-Lincolnshire.info's facebook page. Like our page and stay up to date with our posts on facebook! Follow us on twitter and stay up to date with our frequent news items

Amazon.co.uk & Amazon.com

Google+

powered by blueconsultancy