Opened:
1940
Oct 1943 - Oct 1944
under USAAF control
Closed:
1970
Squadrons
based here:
49
Sqn :: 16
Oct 1944 - 22 Apr 1945
189
Sqn :: Oct 1944 -
USAAF units:
434th, 442nd and 440th
Troop Carrier Groups :: Oct 1943 - Oct 1944
434th Troop Carrier Group :: 7 Oct 1943
442nd Troop Carrier
Group :: 29 Mar 1944
RAF Fulbeck was a Troop Carrier airfield of the 82nd. The 82nd's Lincolnshire
airfields were RAF Fulbeck, RAF
Folkingham, RAF
Barkston Heath and RAF
Saltby. USAAF 434th Troop Carrier Group arrived on 7 Oct 1943
A memorial has been placed at the site by the Bomber Airfields Society.
The control tower, preserved until the 21st Century in a fenced enclosure
and in good repair, was demolished in the summer of 2006.
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