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Coleby
Grange
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1988
(© Steve Bond, Milton Keynes Aviation Society)
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Coleby
Grange airfield
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Airfield Today:
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Agriculture
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Control
Tower Type: |
Watch Office for Night
Fighter Stations 12096/41, additional control room 10413/42
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Tower:
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Derelict
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Other
Buildings:
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Very
few
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History:
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Opened as Cranwell
RLG with 253
Sqn Hurricanes and 264
Sqn Defiants. 5/41 transferred to 12 Group Fighter Command as satellite to Digby with Hurricane 1s of 402 Sqn. Replaced with Defiants and later Beaufighters of 409 Sqn RCAF from 7/41 to 2/43 then 12/43 to 2/44. Mosquito MkIIs of 410 Sqn RCAF here from 2/43 to 10/43 on nightfighter defence duties and 'Ranger' ops with single Mosquitoes attacking specific European road and rail targets at night. 307 (Polish) Sqn here with Mosquito XII, leaving 5/45. 1959 to 1963 re-opened with 142 Sqn Thor ICBM unit. |
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 2002 Coleby Grange |
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RAF Station
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Airfield:
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RLG, Operational Nightfighters,
Thor ICBM
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Opened:
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4/1940 (closed 1945)
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Closed:
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(re-opened 1959) 1963
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ID Code:
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CG
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USAAF Station:
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N/A
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Runways:
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Grass
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Hangars:
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1- T1, 1- Blister, 7-
Extra Over Blister
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County:
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Lincolnshire
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Location:
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5 miles S of Lincoln
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OS Ref:
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TF005605
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Links:
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©:
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1988
Photograph © Steve Bond,
all others Robert Truman
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For
control tower & airfield = www.controltowers.co.uk © robert truman
2002
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