| This should
not be confused with the original RAF Grantham, renamed RAF
Spitalgate in 1942, which was the flying station of Grantham.
Opened:
Closed:
Units based
here:
Hq No 5 Gp ::
Oct 1937 - Nov 1943
HQ Troop Carrier
Command :: Nov 1943 -
Background to the
presence of HQ Troop Carrier Command of the USAAF is on the American
history page.
Action
Stations Revisited - the complete history of Britain's military airfields,
No 1 Eastern England (Michael J F Bowyer)
An in-depth
analysis drawing on 60 years of personal research providing a complete
survey and history of Eastern England's airfields. Lincolnshire locations
covered include Grantham.
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(UK)
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