The list below aims to encompass all 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 |
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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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| Belton Park |
The RAF Regiment Depot 1942 - Aug 1945 |
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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 |
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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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| 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 hostin 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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| Caenby |
RAF Hemswell probably had
a Q site at Caenby. |
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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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| Donna Nook |
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TF425979 |
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| Dorrington |
Decoy site |
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| Dunholme Lodge |
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SK993776 |
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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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| 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 |
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TF040290 |
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| Freiston |
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TF385405 |
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| Fulbeck |
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SK890503 |
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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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| 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 |
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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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| 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 |
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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 Moorm near Caistor
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| Humberston |
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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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TF998830 |
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| Ingoldmels |
Occasionally spelt Ingoldmells |
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| 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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| Ludford Magna |
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53°33'30"N
000°11'30"W |
TF202871 |
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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. |
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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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| 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 |
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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 |
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| 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 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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| Toft
Grange |
RAF Faldingworth began life as Toft Grange decoy
airfield |
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| Torksey |
Fuel depot supplying most of Lincolnshire's aviation
fuel and fuel for other airfield vehicles during WWII. Ammunition
and oxygen were supplied by RAF
Norton Disney, RAF
Market Stainton and RAF South Witham |
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?? |
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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 |
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| Winterton |
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SE920190 |
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| Woodhall Spa |
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TF204610 |
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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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