The list below aims to encompass all 165 Lincolnshire
county locations which are mentioned on RAF-Lincolnshire.info. The list
is alphabetical
and contains all flying
bases, emergency landing grounds, headquarters, training depots and stores
which have been identified to date, together with a very brief description.
Place names in bold and hyperlinked have a page dedicated to them on
the site. Where the Ordnance Survey grid reference is known this is provided
in the third column and is hyperlinked to a zoomable map, courtesy of
multimap.com. Usually it will refer
to the runway centrepoint. If prefixed with ~ this indicates that the
precise location is not known and that an approximate grid reference,
based on research or place names, has been entered for information. Aerial
photos of sites, where available, are hyperlinked from the final column. Buy
high definition aerial photographs here.
Place name |
Description |
Lat / Long |
Map (OS GR) |
Aerial Photo |
Alma Park / House |
Birthplace of the RAF Regiment in Dec 1941 |
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Anderby Creek |
Home to an RAF Regiment Battle Training School during
WWII |
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Anwick |
RFC Aerodrome and World War II Q Site for RAF
Digby (known as Ruskington) |
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TF110510 |
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Bardney |
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TF132706 |
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Barkston
Heath |
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SK970415 |
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Bassingham |
Decoy site Q92a for RAF
Swinderby |
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SK943612 |
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Belton Park |
The RAF Regiment Depot 1942 - Aug 1945 |
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Belvoir |
Decoy site Q139b for RAF Bottesford |
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SK805342 |
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Binbrook |
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TF186956 |
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Blankney Hall |
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Blyton |
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SK865952 |
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Boston |
Boston Wyberton Fen - wartime airfield details
to be confirmed |
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Bottesford |
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Bracebridge
Heath |
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SK985673 |
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Braceby |
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TF015355 |
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Brant
Broughton |
Decoy site Q92b for RAF
Swinderby. |
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SK905552 |
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Branston Fen |
QF site for
Lincoln city |
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Brattleby |
Early name for RAF
Scampton |
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SK957789 |
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Brigg |
AAF-553, non-flying USAAF facility hosting 1517
QM Truck Batallion of Air Service Command, near Hibaldstow |
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Brockelsby |
Railhead for RAF
Market Stainton ammunitions dump |
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Brumby |
STARFISH decoy
site for Scunthorpe industrial sites |
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Buckminster |
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SK893235 |
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Bucknall |
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TF170690 |
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Burnham |
Decoy site Q104A for RAF
Goxhill. |
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TA044177 |
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Cadney |
Decoy site Q90A for RAF
Kirton in Lindsey. |
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TA015050 |
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Caenby |
RAF Hemswell had
a Q site (Q16a) at Caenby. |
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TF000895 |
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Caistor |
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TA081017 |
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Cammeringham |
Later name for RAF Ingham |
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TF998830 |
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Cleethorpes |
An air station, RNAS Cleethorpes, was announced
in Aug 1913 but never built |
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Cockthorne |
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TF070875 |
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Coleby Grange |
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TF000600 |
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Coningsby |
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TF221565 |
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Cranwell |
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TF000490 |
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Cuxwold |
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TA177008 |
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Digby |
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TF038565 |
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Donington on Bain |
Railway station below Stenigot used as a railhead
by 233MU at RAF
Market Stainton for armaments supplies to airfields in the area.
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TF240817 |
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Donna Nook |
Decoy Q/K site for North
Coates, then WWII airfield
and subsequent bombing range. |
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TF425979 |
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Dorrington |
Q-site for RAF Digby, located 5 km ESE of the airfield |
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TF095543 |
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Dunholme
Lodge |
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SK993776 |
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East Barkwith |
Railway station used as a railhead by 233MU at RAF
Market Stainton |
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TF171810 |
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East Halton |
Flt HQ, 942 Sqn Barrage Balloon site |
TA 139200 |
~TA140196 |
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East Kirkby |
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TF341607 |
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Elsham |
Great War emergency landing ground, site later incorporated
in WWII RAF Elsham Wolds |
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Elsham Wolds |
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TA035135 |
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Essendine |
RAF Essendine was a planned airfield which straddled
the county boundary of Rutland and Lincolnshire. It was a prospective
location that the Air Ministry had to relinquish after the Dec
1942 review of national building priorities, having previously
been on the "cleared" list and awaiting construction. |
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TF065130 |
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Faldingworth |
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TF030847 |
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Firsby |
Another name by which RAF
Spilsby was known |
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TF450645 |
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Fiskerton |
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TF039725 |
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Folkingham |
An initial day and night decoy site was located
1 mile NE of the 1943 Class A airfield. |
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TF064325
TF049230 |
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Foston |
Decoy site Q139C for RAF
Bottesford |
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SK872408 |
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Freiston |
RNAS wartime bombing and gunnery range Cranwell
satellite. |
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TF385405 |
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Frithville |
Q site for
RAF Coningsby and Manby |
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TF298496 |
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Gainsborough |
HQ 33 Sqn RFC from
Dec 1916 to Jun 1918 |
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Gautby |
K site for
RAF Waddington with dummy
aircraft |
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TF170714
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Glentham |
Q site Q16C
for RAF
Hemswell |
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TF011893 |
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Gosberton |
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TF240310 |
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Goxhill |
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TA107210 |
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Grantham |
Original RAF Grantham renamed to RAF
Spitalgate to avoid confusion with RAF
Grantham (St Vincent's), HQ No 5 Group |
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Great Limber |
Q site Q103A
for RAF Elsham Wolds |
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TA140074 |
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Greenland
Top |
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TA180115 |
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Grimsby |
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TA273020 |
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Grimsby
Tidal Basin |
Original base for Air Sea Rescue at Grimsby under
22 MCU, replaced in 1940 by Immingham
Dock. |
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Grimsthorpe
Park |
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TF050230 |
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Habrough |
HQ 18 (Operations) Group
at the end of the Great War |
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Hagnaby |
K site K/Q18A
for
RAF Coningsby and Manby located
adjacent to the future East
Kirkby airfield site. |
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TF352618 |
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Hallington |
Railway station used as a dump for empty shell
cases by 233MU at RAF
Market Stainton |
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TF304851 |
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Harlaxton |
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SK900320 |
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Harpswell |
Great War name for RAF
Hemswell |
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SK938903 |
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Hemingby |
Chemical weapon storage site associated with RAF
Market Stainton, 3 mile-long section of Green Lane to NE
of the village |
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TF239751 |
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Hemswell |
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SK938903 |
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Hibaldstow |
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SE982010 |
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Holbeach |
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Holton le Moor |
An
'ASPIRIN' transmitter
to corrupt the German Luftwaffe KNICKEBEIN was set up at Holton
le Moor near Caistor |
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Humberston |
Chain Home Low RADAR site. |
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TA327055 |
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Immingham |
Great War Balloon Station. N5337 W0013 |
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TA183140 |
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Immingham
Dock, Grimsby |
Replaced Grimsby Tidal Basin
as base for 22 MCU, in 1940. |
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Ingham |
RAF Ingham, later renamed Cammeringham. |
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SK961836 |
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Ingoldmells |
Occasionally spelt Ingoldmels. Chain Home Low
site, Wireless Intercept unit and Bombing Range located here. |
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CHL:
Range: TF571697 |
WTP |
Kelstern |
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TF255917 |
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Killingholme |
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TA116203 |
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Kirmington |
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TA092095 |
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Kirton
in Lindsey |
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SK943965 |
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Langtoft |
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Leadenham |
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SK960520 |
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Lincoln Longdales
Road |
6 (Lincoln) Stores Depot Park on Longdales Road
supplied RFC aerodromes with aircraft spares and airfield equipment |
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Lincoln
West Common |
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SK960720 |
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Ludborough |
Q site Q85C
for RAF Binbrook |
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TF284960
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Ludford
Magna |
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53°33'30"N
000°11'30"W |
TF202871 |
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Mablethorpe |
Q site Q162A
for RAF Manby |
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TF477845
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Manby |
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TF383862 |
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Market
Deeping |
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TF130100 |
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Market
Stainton |
Munitions storage unit with satellite at RAF
Orby |
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TF230802 |
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Marsh Chapel |
Q site Q121A
for RAF Donna Nook |
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TA403002
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Maxey |
Decoy airfield Q34A for RAF Wittering and ROC site |
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TF143218 |
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Mere Branston |
Direction Finding/Y Station parented by RAF Waddington
and later RAF Digby |
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TF011650 |
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Metheringham |
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TF100600 |
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Mill Farm |
Night Landing Ground at Kelstern for 33 Sqn RFC |
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TF274917 |
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Moorby |
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TF290644 |
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Morkery |
Ancient woodland home to RAF
South Witham |
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Morton Hall |
Near Swinderby, HQ No
5 Group located here from 1943. |
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SK877642 |
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Nettleton |
GEE site on the North-Eastern chain, relocated from Stenigot due
to poor coverage. Also refered to early on as Caistor. |
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New Holland |
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Nocton Hall |
RAF hospital/casualty clearing station, later US
hospital |
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North Coates |
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TA366018 |
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North Coates Fitties |
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North
Killingholme |
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TA124167 |
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North Witham |
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SK940220 |
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Norton Disney |
Bomb storage unit with nearby satellite |
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SK863645 |
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Orby |
GCI station and satellite bomb dump to Market
Stainton.
Mid-war
relocated to second nearby site |
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TF525677
TF505676 |
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Rand |
Q site Q19A
for RAF Scampton, Q192A for RAF
Ludford Magna and Q177A for RAF
Wickenby |
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TF133796
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Rauceby (Hall) |
RAF Hospital 1940-47 |
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Risby |
STARFISH decoy
site for Scunthorpe industrial sites |
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Ruskington |
World War II Q Site for RAF Digby
(also known as Anwick) |
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TF111514 |
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Saltby |
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Sandtoft |
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TA750075 |
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Scampton |
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SK957789 |
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Scopwick |
Earlier name for RAF/RCAF
Digby |
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TF038565 |
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Sibsey |
Decoy airfield for RAF
East Kirkby, Coningsby and Manby |
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TF367528 |
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Skegness |
Naval air station existed here during Aug 1914 only,
replaced by Killingholme |
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Skellingthorpe |
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SK925688 |
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Skendleby |
Chain Home Low (COL) site operational from
1941 replacing Ingoldmells CHEL.
Separate stand-by site in Skendleby village. |
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TF440708
TF433694
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WTP
WTP |
Skidbrooke |
USAAF air-sea rescue motor launch base |
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South Carlton |
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TF965762 |
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South
Elkington |
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South Ferriby |
Q site Q103B
for RAF Elsham Wolds |
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TA000203
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South Willingham |
Railway station used as a railhead by 233MU at RAF
Market Stainton |
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TF199829 |
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South Witham |
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Spilsby |
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TF450645 |
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Spitalgate |
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SK935342 |
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Spittlegate |
Alternate spelling for RAF
Spitalgate |
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SK935342 |
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Stallingborough |
An alternative name used by certain RNAS / RAF formations
for Greenland Top |
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Steeping |
RAF Steeping was the original name proposed for
RAF Spilsby |
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TF450645 |
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Stenigot |
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Strubby |
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TF440810 |
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Sturgate |
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SK873873 |
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Sutton Bridge |
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TF476196 |
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Swinderby |
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SK873615 |
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Swinstead |
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TF015230 |
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Temple Bruer |
One of two forced landing grounds for RAFC
Cranwell post-Great War. Essentially a field. The aviation link
lives on at Griffin's Farm where there are about a dozen aircraft
(according to Derek
Blake) |
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Theddlethorpe |
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Thornton
le Moor |
Q site Q85A
for |
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TF029956
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Toft
Grange |
RAF Faldingworth
began life as Toft Grange decoy airfield, Q/K Site Q16B protecting
Hemswell. |
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TF033869 |
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Torksey |
Fuel depot supplying most of Lincolnshire's aviation
fuel and fuel for other airfield vehicles during WWII. Torksey
was a commercial site operated by Shell/BP fed by rail
from Stanlow and barge via the River Trent. Ammunition
and oxygen were supplied out from RAF
Norton Disney, RAF
Market Stainton and RAF
South Witham |
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SK836793 |
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Tydd St Mary |
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TF344185 |
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Twigmoor |
STARFISH decoy
site for Scunthorpe industrial sites |
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Waddington |
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SK982630 |
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Wainfleet |
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TF500539 |
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Walcott Hall |
AAF-372, home of USAAF 57 Fighter Control Sqn, nr
Humber |
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Waltham |
RAF Waltham was an alternative name for RAF
Grimsby |
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Wellingore |
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SK983540 |
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West Common |
Lincoln Great War base for accepting aircraft into
RFC service |
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SK960720 |
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Wickenby |
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TF088803 |
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Wigsley |
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Willoughby Walks |
decoy site Q127A and Q171A for RAF
Barkston Heath and RAF Cranwell |
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TF035409 |
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Winterton |
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SE920190 |
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Withcall |
Railway station used as a railhead by 233MU at RAF
Market Stainton |
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TF282835 |
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Woodhall Spa |
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TF204610 |
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Wragby |
Satellite bomb dump to RAF
Market Stainton. |
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(village) |
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Wright's Aerodrome |
Wright's aerodrome (civil) of Kenwick Rd, Louth,
exister in 1936 and was used by Lincolnshire Flying Services, at grid
ref or Lat / Long
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N5320E00001 |
TF340853 |
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Wyham |
Q site Q85A
for RAF Binbrook |
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TF258939
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