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Waddington
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1982
(© Rick Garside)
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Waddington
airfield
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Airfield Today:
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RAF
Station
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Tower Type:
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1. First mounted on
top of a water tower at the Mere Road hangar complex
2. Fort Type Watch Office with Tower 1959/34 (brick) 3. Watch Office with Met Section 5845/39 (brick) 4. Local Control Tower 7378a/55 5. New control tower (VCR on brick tower) |
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Tower:
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1.
Demolished
2. Demolished 3. Disused 4. In use 5. In use |
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Other
Buildings:
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Not
known
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History:
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11/16 to 1919, 48 Training Depot Station with 47 Reserve Squadron and
on 1/12/18, 97 Sqn. 10/26, Airfield
re-opened with 503 Sqn, Station rebuilt in the 1930's and was home to
many RAF bomber Squadrons during WW2, it remains an RAF Station to this
day. See link below for RAF Waddington website and history. |
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1993
(© Ian Woodward)
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RAF Station
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Airfield:
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Operational
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Opened:
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11/1916
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Closed:
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N/A
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ID Code:
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WA
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USAAF Station:
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N/A
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Runways:
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Grass, then 3 concrete,
tarmac added in 1943
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Hangars:
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5x - C Type
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County:
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Lincolnshire
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Location:
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4 miles S of Lincoln
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OS Ref:
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SK982630
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Links:
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©:
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Photographs
copyright © as stated
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2006
(© Graham Sharpe)
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New
tower (left) and front tower 2006
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RAF
Waddington airfield
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RAF Waddington airfield & control tower = www.controltowers.co.uk
© robert truman 2002
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