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2002
Sturgate Airfield
Airfield Today:
Agriculture, Sturgate Airport
Tower Type:
Watch Office for All Commands 12779/41, medium windows to 343/43.
Tower:
Air Traffic Control, post-war VCR added to front corner
Other Buildings:
Few
History:
One of the last airfields built during WW2, opened too late to see operational service.
71 Base Sub-Station, Aircrew Training School, No 7 Group Bomber Command, a holding unit for crews before posting to a HCU. 18/9/44 to 30/5/45, 1520 BAT Flight with Oxfords.
6/45 to 1/46, 50 and 61 Sqns Bomber Command arrived from Skellingthorpe before moving to Waddington, airfield then closed.
6/53 to 1964, re-opened to USAF SAC Fighter units on rotation to other Bases.
RAF Station
Airfield:
Planned as Operational Bomber
Opened:
1944 (to 1946)
Closed:
(re-opened 6/1953) 1964
ID Code:
US
USAAF Station:
N/A
Runways:
3 concrete, tarmac
Hangars:
1-B1, 2- T2
County:
Lincolnshire
Location:
10 miles N of Lincoln
OS Ref:
SK879878
ATB Plans:
No
Links
Large unidentified building close to Control Tower site
control tower = www.controltowers.co.uk © robert truman 2002