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 Binbrook
Airfield Code: EGXB/GSY; Grid reference: iro TF 191 958
Ash Hill on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds was the chosen site for Binbrook. It was one of the last airfields built as part of the pre-war expansion scheme. Work began in spring 1938, before it was completed it had been allocated to No.1 Group Bomber Command. Five C-Type hangers were built to accommodate the aircraft.
Binbrook was opened as a Bomber Command station in June 1940, and was home to Nos. 12 and 142 Squadrons which operated Fairey Battles, a single-engine light bomber, between 3 July 1940 and 25 September 1942 before moving to RAF Wickenby.
Because the airfield didn't have hard runways there were problems with aircraft sinking into the mud and so in 1942 the airfield was closed and concrete runways and perimeter track were built.
460 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force, moved in in May 1943, bringing with them the Avro Lancaster. 460 Squadron remained the only operational unit at the airfield for the remainder of WW2.
460 Squadron were to take part in the final raid of WW2, when they took part in the daylight attack on Berchtesgaden, Hitler’s Bavarian headquarters.
The coming of the jet age saw the arrival of the English Electric Canberra, Gloster Javelin and the English Electric Lightning which became synonymous with Binbrook. But by 1973 the days of the Lightning were numbered with the introduction of the SEPECAT Jaguar into the Royal Air Force.
The first squadron to leave was 5 Squadron in December 1987 having been disbanded. They were joined shortly after by 11 Squadron in April 1988, and the last of the Lightnings had finally gone.
Although sold off, with much of the airfield’s building still standing, walking around the old station can still bring evoke emotional memories of it’s history.
The sound of Lightning engines can still be heard today at the airfield. As the volunteers of the Lightning Association continue their hard work on XR724. Link
The old married quarters site has been renamed to become the village of Brookenby.
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