The stations ID during operations was MN. Decommissioned and closed in early 1946 Operated as a bomber station during the Second World War. The airfield was returned to agriculture when decommissioned. The site now contains a memorial and visitor centre.
Royal Air Force Metheringham or more simply RAF Metheringham is a former Royal Air Force station situated between the villages of Metheringham and Martin and 12.1 mi (19.5 km) south east of the county town Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.
Operated as a bomber airfield during the Second World War the station opened in October 1943 and was decommissioned in the spring of 1946.[1]
Although now mostly returned to agricultural and commercial uses the site retains one original runway, the eastern perimeter track and some contemporary buildings together with a No. 106 Squadron RAF memorial garden and a visitor centre.
^Halpenny, Bruce Barrymore Action Stations: Wartime Military Airfields of Lincolnshire and the East Midlands v. 2 – Page 139
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