RAF North Killingholme

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Template other 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.

The airfield was extensively used during the Second World War by Avro Lancaster bombers.

History

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Old hangars

The RAF station opened in November 1943Template:Sfn and became fully operational in January 1944 when 550 Squadron moved there from RAF Waltham.Template:Sfn

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

It remained operational until October 1945. 550 squadron was the only squadron to be based at North Killingholme and flew only Avro Lancasters.Template:Sfn

Current use

After North Killingholme closed, the land reverted to agriculture use, but the layout of the station is very easy to see from aerial photographs.Template:Sfn

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

See also

• List of former Royal Air Force stations
• RAF Kirmington, a nearby airfield, later became Humberside Airport.

References

Bibliography

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

External links

• RAF 550 Squadron and North Killingholme Association
• RAF Lincolnshire
• Former RAF North Killingholme at wikimapia.org
• RAF North Killingholme North Lincolnshire Airfield