| Ok, not an airfield, but an integeral part of the RAF (and later USAF) in Lincolnshire.
Nocton Hall was a hospital for the United States Army during the Second World War. It was then used as part of the 740-bed RAF hospital from the 1940s until 1984. Between then and 1995 it was leased to the United States Airforce as a wartime contingency hospital. During the Gulf War, more than 1,300 US medical staff were sent to the hall and many were billeted at RAF Scampton. Only 35 casualties had to be treated. RAF Nocton Hall was handed back to the British Government in September 1995. It was then bought by a private owner who turned the hall into a residential home. On the 24th of October 2004 the Hall was set ablaze by arsonists. At its height, about 70 firefighters attended the blaze at Nocton Hall, which started just before midnight. The fire took several hours to get under control, but the roof collapsed and the building was severely damaged. |
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