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 -
HQ No 7 Gp :: 3 Nov 1944 - 21 Dec 1945
HQ No 21 Gp :: 7
Mar 1946 - 1 May 1947 Background to the
presence of HQ Troop Carrier Command of the USAAF is on the American
history page.
HQ No 21 Gp moved from RAF Spitalgate to Grantham on 7 Mar 1946 before
in turn moving to RAF Morton Hall where it absorbed 91 Gp, which had
in turn absorbed 5 Gp.
Action
Stations Revisited - the complete history of Britain's military airfields,
No 1 Eastern England (Michael J F Bowyer)
An in-depth
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survey and history of Eastern England's airfields. Lincolnshire locations
covered include Grantham.
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