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Swinderby
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2002
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Robert Truman)
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RAF
Swinderby airfield
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Airfield Today:
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Agriculture,
industry - due to become the site of a gravel quarry 2010
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Tower Type:
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1. Watch Office with
Met Section 5845/39 (brick)
2. Local Control Tower 7378a/55 (only other example is at Waddington) |
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Tower:
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Demolished July 2009
2. Demolished April 2010 |
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Other
Buildings:
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Almost
complete Expansion period RAF Station, the last of its type to be built
- now being demolished...
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History:
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Station history |
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RAF
Swinderby
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RAF
Swinderby airfield
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2002
(©
Robert Truman)
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Watch
Office 5845/39
now just a pile of rubble July
2009 (©
Steve Johnson)
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RAF
Swinderby
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Airfield:
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Operational Bomber,
HCU, OTU
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Opened:
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/08/1940
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Closed:
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/1993
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ID Code:
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1944 NR
1956 SQ |
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USAAF Station:
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N/A
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Runways:
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3x - concrete
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Hangars:
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3x - J Type, 3x - T2
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County:
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Lincolnshire
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Location:
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9 miles SW of Lincoln
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OS Ref:
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SK873616
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Links:
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©:
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Photographs © copyright
as stated
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RAF
Swinderby
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Watch
Office with Met Section 5845/39- demolished July 2009
2002 (©
Robert Truman)
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RAF
Swinderby airfield
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Post-war
Local Control Tower 7378a/55 - demolished April 2010
2002 (©
Robert Truman)
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RAF
Swinderby
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RAF
Swinderby airfield & control tower = www.controltowers.co.uk ©
robert truman 2002 - Swinderby -
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