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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 Halton
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
Mere
Metheringham
Moorby
Morton Hall
New Holland
Nocton Hall
Normanby
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: 14 Jan 12
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 | |||
| Anderby Creek | Home to an RAF Regiment Battle Training School during WWII | |||
| Anwick | TF110510 | |||
| Bardney | TF132706 | |||
| Barkston Heath | SK970415 | |||
| Bassingham | Decoy site for Swinderby | |||
| Belton Park | The RAF Regiment Depot 1942 - Aug 1945 | |||
| Binbrook | TF186956 | |||
| Blankney Hall | ||||
| Blyton | SK865952 | |||
| Boston | ||||
| Bottesford | ||||
| Bracebridge Heath | SK985673 | |||
| Braceby | TF015355 | |||
| Branston Fen | QF site for Lincoln city | |||
| Brattleby | Early name for RAF Scampton | SK957789 | ||
| Brigg | AAF-553, non-flying USAAF facility hostin 1517 QM Truck Batallion of Air Service Command, near Hibaldstow | |||
| Brockelsby | Railhead for RAF Market Stainton ammunitions dump | |||
| Brumby | STARFISH decoy site for Scunthorpe industrial sites | |||
| Buckminster | SK893235 | |||
| Bucknall | TF170690 | |||
| Caenby | RAF Hemswell probably had a Q site at Caenby. | |||
| Caistor | TA081017 | |||
| Cammeringham | Later name for RAF Ingham | TF998830 | ||
| Cleethorpes | An air station, RNAS Cleethorpes, was announced in Aug 1913 but never built | |||
| Cockthorne | TF070875 | |||
| Coleby Grange | TF000600 | |||
| Coningsby | TF221565 | |||
| Cranwell | TF000490 | |||
| Cuxwold | TA177008 | |||
| Digby | TF038565 | |||
| Donna Nook | TF425979 | |||
| Dorrington | Decoy site SE of Digby | |||
| Dunholme Lodge | SK993776 | |||
| East Halton | Flt HQ, 942 Sqn Barrage Balloon site | TA 139200 | ~TA140196 | |
| East Kirkby | TF341607 | |||
| Elsham | Great War emergency landing ground, site later incorporated in WWII RAF Elsham Wolds | |||
| Elsham Wolds | TA035135 | |||
| Faldingworth | TF030847 | |||
| Firsby | Another name by which RAF Spilsby was known | TF450645 | ||
| Fiskerton | TF039725 | |||
| Folkingham | TF040290 | |||
| Freiston | TF385405 | |||
| Fulbeck | SK890503 | |||
| Gainsborough | HQ 33 Sqn RFC from Dec 1916 to Jun 1918 | |||
| Gautby | K site for RAF Waddington with dummy aircraft | |||
| Gosberton | TF240310 | |||
| Goxhill | TA107210 | |||
| Grantham | Original RAF Grantham renamed to RAF Spitalgate to avoid confusion with RAF Grantham (St Vincent's), HQ No 5 Group | |||
| Great Limber | ||||
| Greenland Top | TA180115 | |||
| Grimsby | TA273020 | |||
| Grimsby Tidal Basin | Original base for Air Sea Rescue at Grimsby under 22 MCU, replaced in 1940 by Immingham Dock. | |||
| Grimsthorpe Park | TF050230 | |||
| Habrough | HQ 18 (Operations) Group at the end of the Great War | |||
| Harlaxton | SK900320 | |||
| Harpswell | Great War name for RAF Hemswell | SK938903 | ||
| Hemingby | Chemical weapon storage site associated with RAF Market St ainton | |||
| Hemswell | SK938903 | |||
| Hibaldstow | SE982010 | |||
| Holbeach | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Immingham | Great War Balloon Station. N5337 W0013 | TA183140 | ||
| Immingham Dock, Grimsby | Replaced Grimsby Tidal Basin as base for 22 MCU, in 1940. | |||
| Ingham | RAF Ingham, later renamed Cammeringham. | TF998830 | ||
| Ingoldmels | Occasionally spelt Ingoldmells | |||
| Kelstern | TF255917 | |||
| Killingholme | TA116203 | |||
| Kirmington | TA092095 | |||
| SK943965 | ||||
| Langtoft | ||||
| Leadenham | SK960520 | |||
| 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 | SK960720 | |||
| Ludford Magna | 53°33'30"N 000°11'30"W |
TF202871 | ||
| Manby | TF383862 | |||
| Market Deeping | TF130100 | |||
| Market Stainton | Munitions storage unit with satellite at RAF Orby |
TF230802 | ||
| Maxey | Decot airfield and ROC site | |||
| Mere Branston | Direction Finding/Y Station parented by RAF Waddington and later RAF Digby | TF011650 | ||
| Metheringham | TF100600 | |||
| Moorby | TF290644 | |||
| Morkery | Ancient woodland home to RAF South Witham | |||
| Morton Hall | Near Swinderby, HQ No 5 Group located here from 1943 | |||
| New Holland | ||||
| Nocton Hall | RAF hospital/casualty clearing station, later US hospital | |||
| North Coates | TA366018 | |||
| North Coates Fitties | ||||
| North Killingholme | TA124167 | |||
| North Witham | SK940220 | |||
| Norton Disney | Bomb storage unit with nearby satellite | SK863645 | ||
| Orby | GCI station and satellite bomb dump to Market Stainton. | |||
| Rauceby (Hall) | RAF Hospital 1940-47 | |||
| Risby | STARFISH decoy site for Scunthorpe industrial sites | |||
| Saltby | ||||
| Sandtoft | TA750075 | |||
| Scampton | SK957789 | |||
| Scopwick | Earlier name for RAF/RCAF Digby | TF038565 | ||
| Sibsey | Decoy airfield for RAF East Kirkby | |||
| Skegness | Naval air station existed here during Aug 1914 only, replaced by Killingholme | |||
| Skellingthorpe | SK925688 | |||
| Skendleby | ||||
| Skidbrooke | USAAF air-sea rescue motor launch base | |||
| South Carlton | TF965762 | |||
| South Elkington | ||||
| South Witham | ||||
| Spilsby | TF450645 | |||
| Spitalgate | SK935342 | |||
| Spittlegate | Alternate spelling for RAF Spitalgate | SK935342 | ||
| Stallingborough | An alternative name used by certain RNAS / RAF formations for Greenland Top | |||
| Steeping | RAF Steeping was the original name proposed for RAF Spilsby | TF450645 | ||
| Stenigot | ||||
| Strubby | TF440810 | |||
| Sturgate | SK873873 | |||
| Sutton Bridge | TF476196 | |||
| Swinderby | SK873615 | |||
| Swinstead | TF015230 | |||
| 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 | ||||
| Toft Grange | RAF Faldingworth began life as Toft Grange decoy airfield | |||
| 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 | ?? | ||
| Tydd St Mary | TF344185 | |||
| Twigmoor | STARFISH decoy site for Scunthorpe industrial sites | |||
| Waddington | SK982630 | |||
| Wainfleet | TF500539 | |||
| Walcott Hall | AAF-372, home of USAAF 57 Fighter Control Sqn, nr Humber | |||
| Waltham | RAF Waltham was an alternative name for RAF Grimsby | |||
| Wellingore | SK983540 | |||
| West Common | Lincoln Great War base for accepting aircraft into RFC service | SK960720 | ||
| Wickenby | TF088803 | |||
| Wigsley | ||||
| Willoughby Walks | decoy site | |||
| Winterton | SE920190 | |||
| Woodhall Spa | TF204610 | |||
| 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 |
N5320E00001 | TF340853 |
Please also consult the interactive Lincolnshire map to gain an idea of their respective locations.
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