Royal Air Force station * Parent station 1943-44 * 55 Base 1944-[1]
Code
EK[1]
Site information
Owner
Ministry of Defence
Operator
Royal Air Force United States Air Force
Controlled by
RAF Bomber Command * No. 5 Group RAF[1]
Site history
Built
1942 (1942)/43
Built by
John Laing & Son Ltd
In use
August 1943 - April 1970 (1970)
Battles/wars
European theatre of World War II Cold War
Airfield information
Elevation
12 metres (39 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways
Direction
Length and surface
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Concrete
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Royal Air Force East Kirkby or more simply RAF East Kirkby is a former Royal Air Force station near the village of East Kirkby, south of Horncastle in Lincolnshire, just off the A155. The airfield is now home to the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre air museum.
Fen Lane. The Prime Meridian passes just to the east of EastKirkby through the former RAFEastKirkby airfield, which has a meridian marker. The airfield...
of August 1943, No. 57 Squadron and No. 617 Squadron moved to RAFEastKirkby and RAF Coningsby respectively, so that Scampton's runways could be upgraded...
airfield to RAFEastKirkby in 5 (Bomber) Group RAF. The first operational squadron to be based at Spilsby was No 207 squadron RAF who moved from RAF Langar...
The Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre is an aviation museum in EastKirkby, Lincolnshire, England. It was opened to the public in 1988 by Lincolnshire...
Four days later, he was appointed as a staff officer at No. 55 Base, RAFEastKirkby to understudy to the Base Air Staff Officer (BASO). Duties included...
Woods RAFEastKirkby, a former airfield near the village of EastKirkby. RAF Elsham Wolds, a former airfield near the village of Elsham. RAF Metheringham...
operations. During 1945, the RAF received its first Lincoln, which was delivered to No. 57 Squadron based at RAFEastKirkby, Lincolnshire. In August 1945...
Most units of the Royal Air Force (RAF) are identified by a two character alphabetical or alpha- numeric combination squadron code. Usually, that code...
This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They...
with surplus United States F-16, C-130 and other light aircraft. See Far East Air Force Korean airfields (K-sites) for airfields established in the Korean...
heavy bomber force for the far east). After the end of the Second World War and with the move of No. 617 Squadron RAF to RAF Waddington the airfield was...
King, the RAF Steeping airfield was built as RAF Spilsby. It opened in September 1943, and in 1944 RAF Spilsby, RAF Strubby, and RAFEastKirkby joined to...
Kirkby on Bain is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the River Bain between Horncastle and Coningsby...
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civil parish at the 2011 census was 815. The parish includes Kirkby Green, a hamlet to the east of Scopwick. The village main road runs parallel to a narrow...
and chips from United States Air Force airmen stationed at nearby RAFEastKirkby station. He spent two years in the Royal Navy. Salt married Grace Lawson...
Kirkby Fleetham is a village in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England about 1 mile (1.6 km) east of the A1(M) road. Along with the two nearby...
first missiles be based at RAF Sturgate and RAFEastKirkby in Lincolnshire, where the USAF already had a presence. The RAF rejected this, as it envisaged...
Escaping Society Museum at the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre in EastKirkby, near Spilsby, Lincolnshire and commemorative plaques sponsored by the...
Centre is in EastKirkby, Spilsby on the site of RAFEastKirkby. The museum, which is open daily except Sundays, commemorates the RAF's presence in Lincolnshire...
programmed route. The squadron deployed to England on detached duty at RAFEastKirkby from November until December 1957. SAC also deployed the squadron to...