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Airport type
  
Military

Location
  
Kelstern, Lincolnshire

Elevation AMSL
  
420 ft / 128 m

Year built
  
1917

Operator
  
Royal Air Force

In use
  
1917-1919 1943-1945

00/00
  
0

Owner
  
Air Ministry

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Royal Air Force Station Kelstern or RAF Kelstern is a former Royal Air Force station located 3.6 miles (5.8 km) south east of Binbrook, Lincolnshire and 4.9 miles (7.9 km) north west of Louth, Lincolnshire, England.

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Station history

The airfield first opened in 1917 as a night landing ground before closing in 1919.

RAF Kelstern re-opened in 1943 and the following squadrons used the airfield.

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  • No. 33 Squadron RAF.
  • No. 170 Squadron RAF reformed at the airfield on 15 October 1944 with the Avro Lancaster I and III before moving to RAF Dunholme Lodge on 22 October 1944.
  • No. 625 Squadron RAF reformed at Kelstern on 1 October 1943 with the Lancaster I and III before moving to RAF Scampton on 5 April 1945, where the squadron disbanded on 14 October 1945.

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    References

    RAF Kelstern Wikipedia
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