Royal Air Force Stations in Lincolnshire: RAF Hemswell, RAF Digby, RAF Coleby Grange, RAF Waddington, Royal Air Force College Cranwell

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 49. Chapters: RAF Hemswell, RAF Digby, RAF Coleby Grange, RAF Waddington, Royal Air Force College Cranwell, RAF Coningsby, RAF Folkingham, RAF North Witham, RAF Metheringham, RAF Ludford Magna, RAF Barkston Heath, RAF Fulbeck, RAF Spilsby, RAF Scampton, RAF Harlaxton, RAF Cammeringham, RAF Cranwell, RAF Kirton in Lindsey, RAF Goxhill, RAF Elsham Wolds, RAF East Kirkby, RAF Skellingthorpe, RAF Wickenby, RAF Anwick, RAF Binbrook, RAF Alma Park, RAF Spitalgate, RAF Wainfleet, RAF Belton Park, RAF Hibaldstow, RAF Grimsby, RAF Holbeach, RAF Kirmington, RAF Swinderby, RAF Sturgate, RAF Dunholme Lodge, RAF Sutton Bridge, RAF Sandtoft, RAF Faldingworth, RAF Donna Nook, RAF Woodhall Spa, RAF North Killingholme, RAF Stenigot, RAF Fiskerton, RAF Bardney, RAF Blyton. Excerpt: RAF Hemswell was an airfield used by RAF Bomber Command for 20 years between 1937 and 1957 and saw most of its operational life during World War II. Later used by RAF Fighter Command as a nuclear ballistic missile base during the Cold War it closed to military use in 1967. Located close to the village of Hemswell in Lincolnshire, England the disestablished airfield is now in full use as a civilian industrial and retail trading estate, forming part of the newly created parish of Hemswell Cliff along with the station's married quarters and RAF built primary school that are now in non-military ownership. On 19 March 1940 RAF Hemswell-based Handley Page Hampdens of No. 61 Squadron RAF were the first Bomber Command aircraft to drop bombs on German soil during the Second World War. The target was the Hornum seaplane base on the northern Germany coast. RAF Hemswell was immortalised on film when it was used as a substitute for RAF Scampton in all the ground based filming of the 1954 war film The Dambusters. The station's most famous RAF resident was Wing Commander Guy Gibson VC...