| Opening in 1943 East Kirkby housed 630 Sqn, formed here from B Flt of 57 Sqn in Nov 1943 and flew the last operational sortie from the station, on 25 Apr 1945. The station went into care and maintenance the following month.
In 1954 RAF East Kirkby reopened to serve both RAF and USAF units staging operations in the Far East from here. USAF Dakotas of 3917 Air Base Sqn of 7 Strategic Air Command Air Division were based here until closure in 1958. |
Access track looking East, leading to 08 end of 08/26 2005-02-19 10:34:00 |
Original WWII Eastern peritrack, looking North at the point where original 08/26 ends, and USAF runway extends for a further 1,266 yds 2005-02-19 10:45:49 |
Southern peritrack to the 26 runway extension 2005-02-19 10:47:03 |
Looking East along the extension to the 26 end of 08/26 2005-02-19 10:47:59 |
Looking East along the extension to the 26 end of 08/26 2005-02-19 10:48:11 |
Looking West along the original line of 08/26 2005-02-19 10:48:36 |
Northern peritrack to the 26 runway extension 2005-02-19 10:50:35 |
Northern peritrack to 08/26 runway looking west 2005-02-19 10:50:48 |
Lancaster NX611 'Just Jane' 2005-02-19 11:04:32 |
Merlin maintenance 2005-02-19 11:05:12 |
Lancaster NX611 'Just Jane' 2005-02-19 11:06:05 |
Two seat Spitfire MJ627 2005-02-19 11:08:38 |
