Opened:
Nov 1943 - ??
Closed:
1958
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.
5131 Bomb Disposal Squadron :: - 1958
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.
Later, until
the closure of the base in 1958, it was the home of 5131 Bomb Disposal
Squadron.
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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