RAF Caistor

IATA: none – ICAO: none

Summary

Airport type

Military

Owner

Air Ministry

Operator

Royal Air Force

Location

Caistor, Lincolnshire

Built

1940

In use

1940-1945
1959-1963

Elevation AMSL

85 ft / 26 m

Coordinates

53°30′10″N 000°21′50″W / 53.50278°N 0.36389°WCoordinates: 53°30′10″N 000°21′50″W / 53.50278°N 0.36389°W

Map

RAF Caistor

Location in Lincolnshire

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
00/00	0	0	Grass
00/00	0	0	Grass

RAF Caistor is a former Royal Air Force Relief Landing Ground located 6.2 miles (10.0 km) south east of Brigg, Lincolnshire and 9.1 miles (14.6 km) north west of Binbrook, Lincolnshire, England, the site is now used for farming.

History

Second World War

No. 1 Air Armament School.^[1]
No. 15 (P) AFU.^[1]
No. 17 Service Flying Training School.^[1]
No. 53 Operational Training Unit RAF.^[1]
No. 93 Maintenance Unit RAF.^[1]
No. 233 Maintenance Unit RAF.^[1]
RAF College SFTS.^[1]^[2]

Cold War

No. 269 Squadron RAF with PGM-17 Thors.^[3]

Current use

The site has now returned to agricultural use, and little remains of the military facilities.

References

Citations

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Caistor". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
↑ Lake 1999, p. 00.
↑ Jefford 1988, p. 81.

Bibliography

Jefford, C.G, MBE,BA ,RAF (Retd). RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1988. ISBN 1-84037-141-2.
Lake, A Flying Units of the RAF. Shrewbury, Airlife Publishing Ltd., 1999. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.

External links

Historic England. "Monument No. 1543704". PastScape. Retrieved 24 March 2015.

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