RAF North Killingholme

Not to be confused with RNAS Killingholme.

RAF North Killingholme
North Killingholme, Lincolnshire in England
Old hangar
Site information
Type	Royal Air Force station
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Bomber Command
Location
RAF North Killingholme Shown within Lincolnshire Show map of Lincolnshire RAF North Killingholme RAF North Killingholme (the United Kingdom) Show map of the United Kingdom
Coordinates	53°38′09″N000°17′31″W / 53.63583°N 0.29194°W / 53.63583; -0.29194
Site history
Built	1943 (1943)
In use	1943 - 1945 (1945)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation	8 metres (26 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 00/00   Asphalt 00/00  Asphalt 00/00  Asphalt

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, England.

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

History

Old hangars

The RAF station opened in November 1943 ^[1] and became fully operational in January 1944 when 550 Squadron moved there from RAF Waltham. ^[2]

The station was with No. 1 Group RAF. No. 14 Base HQ was based at the airfield between 1944 and 1945.^{[ citation needed ]}

It remained operational until October 1945. 550 squadron was the only squadron to be based at North Killingholme and flew only Avro Lancasters. ^[2]

Current use

After North Killingholme closed, the land reverted to agriculture use, but the layout of the station is very easy to see from aerial photographs. ^[2]

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

See also

• List of former Royal Air Force stations
• RAF Kirmington, a nearby airfield, later became Humberside Airport.

References

Citations

1. Halpenny 1981, p. 146.
2. Halpenny 1981, p. 147.

Bibliography

• Halpenny, B. B. Action Stations: Wartime Military Airfields of Lincolnshire and the East Midlands v. 2. Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Patrick Stephens Ltd, 1981. ISBN   0-85059-484-7.

External links

• RAF 550 Squadron and North Killingholme Association
• RAF Lincolnshire
• Former RAF North Killingholme at wikimapia.org
• RAF North Killingholme North Lincolnshire Airfield