Decommissioned and closed in the 1970s Military Bomber airfield and a United States Air Force Base
Royal Air Force Spilsby or more simply RAF Spilsby is a former Royal Air Force station during the Second World War and the Cold War located in the rural village of Great Steeping, near the market town of Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England.[1]
^Halpenny, Bruce Barrymore Action Stations: Wartime Military Airfields of Lincolnshire and the East Midlands v. 2 - Page 173
Royal Air Force Spilsby or more simply RAFSpilsby is a former Royal Air Force station during the Second World War and the Cold War located in the rural...
Spilsby is a market town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The town is adjacent to the main A16, 33 miles (53 km)...
[citation needed] The squadron remained until October 1943 when it moved to RAFSpilsby. In November 1943 Langar was transferred to the USAAF Ninth Air Force...
four-engined heavy bomber, which moved in from RAF Waddington in May 1943 and stayed until it moved to RAFSpilsby in September 1944. In November 1944 flying...
Squadron RAF 1946–54 at RAF Waddington and RAF Wittering, converted to the English Electric Canberra. No. 75 (New Zealand) Squadron RAF 1945 at RAFSpilsby. No...
This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They...
1945. RAF East Kirkby served also as the headquarters of No. 5/5 (Bomber) Group RAF in command of satellite stations at RAF Strubby, RAFSpilsby, RAF Hemswell...
the King, the RAF Steeping airfield was built as RAFSpilsby. It opened in September 1943, and in 1944 RAFSpilsby, RAF Strubby, and RAF East Kirkby joined...
Most units of the Royal Air Force (RAF) are identified by a two character alphabetical or alpha- numeric combination squadron code. Usually, that code...
Museum at the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre in East Kirkby, near Spilsby, Lincolnshire and commemorative plaques sponsored by the RAFES at several...
No. 20 OTU at RAF Lossiemouth to pick up a crew, Wheeler took command of No. 207 Squadron RAF flying the Avro Lancaster from RAFSpilsby in Lincolnshire...
the nearest railhead staging point for RAF and later USAF airmen travelling to and from the nearby RAFSpilsby airfield at Great Steeping. The line was...
West Keal and 1 mile north from Stickford. The nearest market town is Spilsby, about 6 miles (10 km) to the north. Keal Cotes market day is on Mondays...
the former Royal Air Force barracks for RAF Woodhall Spa. It is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) southeast of the site of RAF Woodhall Spa, in the civil parish of Tattershall...
on 5 December 1943. He returned to active duty with 207 Squadron at RAFSpilsby in Lincolnshire in February 1944, as a rear gunner in the Lancaster flown...
nearby staging point for RAF and later USAF airmen travelling to and from RAFSpilsby at Great Steeping. The connection to Spilsby closed on 10 September...
towns of the Lincolnshire Wolds Louth, Alford, Horncastle, Caistor and Spilsby are also attractive, with several having historically important buildings...
high-altitude, strategic bomber, which was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF) from 1956 until 1984. Aircraft manufacturer A.V. Roe and Company (Avro)...
between the A15 to the east and the A17 to the west, joins the village to RAF Cranwell. The appropriate civil parish is called Cranwell, Brauncewell and...
national importance or RAF significance. From 1950[until when?] RAF Coningsby was home to three squadrons of Washingtons, the RAF name for the Boeing B-29...
survived as RAF Holbeach Bombing Range becoming parented to RAF Marham, it continues active service as a practice bombing range for the RAF as well as...
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