| In early days, RAF Folkingham served as a decoy or fake for RAF Spitalgate. During the day there were dummy planes and lots of activity. During the night it was a Q site or night time decoy (with dummy lighting fitted) that successfully attracted the Luftwaffe.
Later it became a Troop Carrier airfield of the 82nd, and much later Folkingham was also 3 RAF Regt Depot after the war. BRM racing motors made use of Folkingham's empty runways in in the 1950s test their cars, until the arrival of THOR. RAF Folkingham later served as a Thor missile base with 3 IRBM launchers under 223 (SM) Sqn. These were subordinated to the North Luffenham Wing rather than the Hemswell Wing. 223 reformed at Folkingham as a Thor strategic missile squadron on 1 Dec 1959, disbanding on 23 Aug 1963. Today little remains and it is now used for agriculture and as scrap vehicle compound, although there are remnants of the airfield buried in nearby Temple Wood, they date from the site's WWII days. All that remains of Project Emily are three sites with a characteristic ground signature on the Folkingham side of the airfield. |
Concrete roads within Temple Woods 2005-12-20 11:01:14 |
Concrete roads within Temple Woods 2005-12-20 11:02:05 |
Bomb dump revetments 2005-12-20 11:03:06 |
Remains of the bomb dump 2005-12-20 11:03:38 |
Remains of the bomb dump 2005-12-20 11:05:12 |
Destroyed building with drain in foreground 2005-12-20 11:07:01 |
Destroyed building 2005-12-20 11:07:22 |
Concrete road leading to airfield 2005-12-20 11:08:05 |
view from woods towards airfield 2005-12-20 11:09:19 |
Peri-track leading from bomb dump 2005-12-20 11:10:20 |
View from access gate 2005-12-20 11:18:56 |
Track leading to bomb dump 2005-12-20 11:19:24 |
