| Opened on 12 May 1941 and lasting a short while beyond war's end, closing in 1947 with buildings dismantled around then. During 1943 it became a satellite of RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey when that station changed role and became a training not a fighter base.
255 Sqn were the first occupants from the airfield's commissioning, arriving with Defiants from Kirton in Lindsey and scoring the first kill from Hibaldstow on 5 Jun 1941 against an He-111. 255 Sqn was joined by 253 Sqn from Orkney in Sep 1941. The receding threat posed by Luftwaffe night-time operations lead to closure on 23 Jan 1943. The airbase re-opened on 9 May 1943 for a 53 OTU detail from Kirton-in-Lindsey and once again closed on 15 May 1945. The land was sold off in 1960/61. |
Intersection of runways from Northern perimeter 2005-07-25 14:05:13 |
Resident aircraft 2005-07-25 14:09:22 |
Resident aircraft 2005-07-25 14:09:27 |
Sheds on airfield 2005-07-25 14:10:55 |
B1 MAP Hangar 2005-07-25 14:11:17 |
Western threshold of main runway 2005-07-25 14:11:23 |
Intact main runway 2005-07-25 14:12:24 |
Intact main runway 2005-07-25 14:12:47 |
Modern day occupants 2005-07-25 14:17:38 |
Current hangar 2005-07-25 14:17:43 |
B1 map hangar dwarfed by pallets 2005-07-25 14:18:03 |
Southern perimeter track 2005-07-25 14:19:23 |
