| Built to Class A standard, the runways were O5-23 at 2,000 yards, 12-30 and O1-19 both 1,400 yards long. Thirty-six pan-type hardstandings were dispersed round the perimeter track and five T2 hangars were erected. The technical and administration sites were backed up against the stream known as Sandy Beck on the east side of the airfield, and the weapons store was to the south near runway O5.
In 1943 Fulbeck was allocated for USAAF use and in October the first of nine newly-raised troop carrier groups to reach the UK arrived at Fulbeck. The IX Troop Carrier Command relinquished the airfield for good in late September 1944 and 49 Squadron from Fiskerton transferred. Bomber Command operations from Fulbeck cost 38 Lancasters, either failing to return or destroyed in crashes. The airfield was later on a care and maintenance status. Retained as a reserve airfield, Fulbeck was also used as a Ministry of Defence training area playing host to a number of military exercises, a role it continues to this day. I have visited Fulbeck twice, and both times have been unable to gain access due to military exercises. |
Fulbeck memorial 2005-07-28 11:32:00 |
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Fulbeck Rifle butts 2005-07-28 11:34:00 |
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