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Airport type
  
Military

In use
  
1943-1945 (1945)

00/00
  
0

Owner
  
Air Ministry

Operator
  
Elevation AMSL
  
26 ft / 8 m

Year built
  
1943

RAF North Killingholme North Killingholme Airfield History BCARorguk

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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.

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

History

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

RAF North Killingholme RAF North Killingholme Memorial BCARorguk

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

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

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

RAF North Killingholme RAF 550 Squadron and North Killingholme Association

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

RAF North Killingholme North Killingholme Airfield

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References

RAF North Killingholme Wikipedia


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