RAF_North_Killingholme

RAF North Killingholme

RAF North Killingholme

Airport in Lincolnshire, England

Royal Air Force North Killingholme or more simply RAF North Killingholme is a former Royal Air Force station located immediately west of the village of North Killingholme in North Lincolnshire, England.

Not to be confused with RNAS Killingholme.
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The airfield was extensively used during the Second World War by Avro Lancaster bombers.

History

See also: No. 550 Squadron RAF
Old hangars

The RAF station opened in November 1943[1] and became fully operational in January 1944 when 550 Squadron moved there from RAF Waltham.[2]

The station was with No. 1 Group RAF. No. 14 Base HQ was based at the airfield between 1944 and 1945.[citation needed]

It remained operational until October 1945. 550 squadron was the only squadron to be based at North Killingholme and flew only Avro Lancasters.[2]

After North Killingholme closed, the land reverted to agriculture use, but the layout of the station is very easy to see from aerial photographs.[2]

There is the North Killingholme Industrial Estate on the site along with a large depot for Volvo construction equipment.

See also

References

Citations

  1. [1]
    Halpenny 1981, p. 146.
  2. [2]
    Halpenny 1981, p. 147.

Bibliography

  • Halpenny, B. B. Action Stations: Wartime Military Airfields of Lincolnshire and the East Midlands v. 2. Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Patrick Stephens Ltd, 1981. ISBN 0-85059-484-7.
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