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 Fiskerton
Airfield Code: FN; Grid reference centred on: TF 049 730
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Fiskerton was a Class A airfield built in 1942 which included three hangars, two T2s and a B1. The first squadron to occupy the station were 49 Squadron from RAF Scampton flying the Avro Lancaster.
FIDO (Fog Investigation and Dispersal Operation) was installed, but only ever used as a last resort, due to the amount of fuel the system used. A single burn could consume up to 100,000 gallons of fuel an hour. Only 15 airfields were to receive the benefit of FIDO which despite the enormous cost in petrol saved many lives and aircraft. Link
1944 saw the arrival of 1514 Beam Approach Training Flight, (BAT Flight) flying the Airspeed Oxford. A single detachment of 141 Squadron arrived in September with Mosquitos, and 49 Squadron left the airfield on the 16th October 1944.
The arrival of 576 Squadron on 30th October, and two days later, 150 Squadron was formed at the station. Both squadrons bringing Avro Lancasters to the airfield. 576 Squadron were next to join the station having arrived from Elsham Wolds.
150 squadron were posted to RAF Hemswell on the 22nd November 1944, followed by the disbandment of the station BAT flight on the 9th January 1945. More juggling of squadrons was to ensue before 576 Squadron's last operational mission took place on the 25th April 1945, when they were tasked with bombing Berchtesgaden. During operations from the airfield, a total of 117 Lancasters were lost from the two resident bomber squadrons.
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