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> RAF Bases

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Full list of locations on site

Alma Park
Anwick
Bardney
Barkston Heath
Belton Park
Binbrook
Blankney Hall
Blyton
Boston Wyberton Fen
Bottesford
Bracebridge Heath
Braceby
Buckminster
Bucknall
Caistor
Cockthorne
Coleby Grange
Coningsby
Cranwell
Cuxwold
Digby
Donna Nook
Dunholme Lodge
East Kirkby
Elsham Wolds
Faldingworth
Fiskerton
Folkingham
Freiston
Fulbeck
Gosberton
Goxhill
Grantham
Great Limber
Greenland Top
Grimsby
Grimsthorpe Park
Harlaxton
Hemswell
Hibaldstow
Holbeach
Humberston
Immingham
Ingham
Ingoldmels
Kelstern
Killingholme
Kirmington
Kirton in Lindsey
Langtoft
Leadenham
Lincoln West Common
Ludford Magna
Manby
Market Deeping
Market Stainton
Metheringham
Moorby
Morton Hall
New Holland
Nocton Hall
North Coates
North Killingholme
North Witham
Norton Disney
Orby
Rauceby
Saltby
Sandtoft
Scampton
Scopwick
Sibsey
Skegness
Skellingthorpe
Skendleby
South Carlton
South Elkington
South Witham
Spilsby
Spitalgate
Stenigot
Strubby
Sturgate
Sutton Bridge
Swinderby
Swinstead
Theddlethorpe
Tydd St Mary
Waddington
Wainfleet
Waltham (Grimsby)
Wellingore
Wickenby
Wigsley
Winterton
Woodhall Spa

Updated: 12 Feb 05

Opened: Nov 1943 - ??

Closed: 1 Mar 1955

Formation based here:

5 Gp HQ :: Nov 1943 - < 1947

21 Gp HQ :: 1 May 1947 - 1 Mar 1955

HQ No 5 Gp was located at Morton Hall, Swinderby, from Nov 1943.

Morton Hall now serves as HMP Morton Hall, a Category D female semi-open prison.

No 21 (Training) Group absorbed No 91 Group, Bomber Command on 1 May 1947, taking over that Group’s HQ at Morton Hall, Swinderby. It disbanded on 1 Mar 1955.

Memorials

There is an RAF memorial which is now located within the HMP. In spite of this it can be viewed by members of the public.

Books

1-903953-46-4

More Tales of a Bomber Command WAAF: Further Wartime Experiences of a Former Airwoman
Sylvia Pickering

In this second book about Sylvia's life as a WAAF she is posted from RAF Coningsby as a 'disturbing influence' and a 'subversive element' only to prove her detractors wrong in a most satisfactory way when posted to H.Q. 5 Group (Bomber Command) at Morton Hall.

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