Royal Air Force Stations in Lincolnshire
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Contents
- Expansion of RAF Airfields in the 1930s
- International Bomber Command Centre.
- RAF Anwick
- RAF Bardney
- RAF Barkston Heath
- RAF Binbrook
- RAF Blyton
- RAF Bottesford
- RAF Caistor
- RAF Coleby Grange
- RAF Coningsby
- RAF Cranwell
- RAF Digby
- RAF Donna Nook (Range)
- RAF Dunholme Lodge
- RAF East Kirkby
- RAF Elsham Wolds
- RAF Faldingworth
- RAF Fiskerton
- RAF Folkingham
- RAF Fulbeck
- RAF Goxhill
- RAF Grimsby / Waltham
- RAF Harlaxton
- RAF Hemswell / Harpswell
- RAF Hibaldstow
- RAF Holbeach Range
- RAF Ingham / Cammeringham
- RAF Kelstern
- RAF Kirmington
- RAF Kirton-in Lindsey
- RAF Ludford Magna
- RAF Manby
- RAF Metheringham
- RAF North Cotes
- RAF North Killingholme
- RAF North Witham
- RAF Saltby
- RAF Sandtoft
- RAF Scampton / Brattleby
- RAF Skellingthorpe
- RAF Spilsby
- RAF Spitalgate (Grantham)
- RAF Strubby
- RAF Sturgate
- RAF Sutton Bridge
- RAF Swinderby
- RAF Waddington
- RAF Wainfleet Range
- RAF Wellingore
- RAF Wickenby
- RAF Woodhall Spa
- FIDO
- High Flight
- Folkingham in 1944
- Fulbeck 1944
- Goxhill 1947
RAF Dunholme Lodge
Airfield Code:DL; Grid reference: centred on: TF 000 782
Built only a mile and a half south east of Scampton, the construction of this standard Class 'A' airfield commenced in September 1942 on land south west of the village of Welton, although fields at the site had already been used during 1941 to disperse Hampdens from nearby Scampton airfield.
One T2 hangar was located near the technical site around Dumholme Lodge, whilst a second was just inside the southern perimeter track near the bomb stores. A B1 hangar was on the south-western extremity of the airfield.
44 Squadron arrived from Waddington on 31st May 1943. with their Lancasters, under 5 Group. , They were joined in April 1944 by 619 Squadron who stayed until 28th September when they moved to Strubby and 44 squadron moved to Spilsby. The airfield was then transferred to 1 Group and in October 1944, and 170 Squadron equipped with Lancasters arrived and they stayed for just over a month before departing to Hemswell in late November 1944. Following the closure the airfield was used towards the end of the war by General Aircraft Ltd for the modification of Hemilcar assault gliders, among others.
Unused but still retained by the military. It had a brief Cold War resurrection between 1959 and 1964, when it housed Bloodhound anti-aircraft missiles.
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