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 Woodhall Spa
Airfield Code: AL; Grid reference centred on: TF 206 614
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Constructed on farmland 1.2 miles (1.9 km) south of Woodhall Spa, the station opened in February 1942 as a satellite station to RAF Coningsby. It was built as a standard bomber airfield for 5 Group and opened in February 1942. Two T2s and a B1 hangar were provided, and the bomb stores were in woodland to the north. The first unit based at Woodhall Spa was 97 Squadron which arrived from Coningsby on the 2nd March 1942, equipped with Lancasters. The squadron provided six aircraft for the raid on the MAN diesel engine factory at Augsburg. They remained at the airfield until the 18th April 1943, when they moved to Bourn, Cambridgeshire. Three crews from 97 Squadron remained at Woodhall Spa forming the nucleus of 619 Squadron, which came into being on the 18th April 1943. Having built up to full squadron strength, 619 Squadron remained until the 9th January 1944, when it moved to Coningsby, exchanging places with 617 Squadron. 617 Squadron were joined on the 15th April by 627 Squadron, a pathfinder unit from Oakington, Cambridgeshire, equipped with Mosquitoes. Thirteen aircraft from 9 Squadron and eighteen Lancasters from 617 Squadron were dispatched to airfields in northern Scotland in preparation for the operation Catechism. After two false starts due to bad weather the attack aimed at the German battleship, Tirpitz took place on 12th November. The raid lost one aircraft but none of the crew were lost. The full story in this Wikipedia article, [Link
]Whilst little evidence remains of the extent of the activities at RAF Woodhall Spa, part of one of the accommodation blocks is now occupied by the Thorpe Camp Visitor Centre [Link
] and commemorates the sacrifice made by those who fought in the Second World War and has an array of exhibits that portray both RAF Woodhall Spa and many aspects of life both within the forces and civilian life during that period.
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