Andiea
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Fancied a walk this morning, so drove 5 mins down the road to this place. Loads of building still there used mainly for farming. The old hospital is still there but didnt get chance to look as the boss arrived. The control tower has been restored and is now a family home. Excuse pics as took on my phone.
RAF Strubby was the most easterly of Lincolnshire's airfields but was already surplus to Bomber Command requirements when it opened in Apr 1944. It was therefore initially used by Coastal Command which deployed 144 Sqn and 404 Sqn RCAF - operating the Beaufighter - to RAF Strubby on anti-surface vessel missions. In the autumn on 1944, when the reorganisation of Bomber Command groups moved RAF Scampton, RAF Fiskerton and RAF Dunholme Lodge to 1 Group, and North Coates could attack enemy shipping off the Dutch coast on its own, RAF Strubby Strike Wing dispersed and the Station was occupied by 619 Sqn from RAF Dunholme Lodge. 227 Sqn partly reformed here the following month before moving to RAF Balderton, returning in Apr 1945 for its final operations of the war. After VJ Day RAF Strubby came under the RAF Flying College at RAF Manby, remaining in this role up to closure in 1972.
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RAF Strubby was the most easterly of Lincolnshire's airfields but was already surplus to Bomber Command requirements when it opened in Apr 1944. It was therefore initially used by Coastal Command which deployed 144 Sqn and 404 Sqn RCAF - operating the Beaufighter - to RAF Strubby on anti-surface vessel missions. In the autumn on 1944, when the reorganisation of Bomber Command groups moved RAF Scampton, RAF Fiskerton and RAF Dunholme Lodge to 1 Group, and North Coates could attack enemy shipping off the Dutch coast on its own, RAF Strubby Strike Wing dispersed and the Station was occupied by 619 Sqn from RAF Dunholme Lodge. 227 Sqn partly reformed here the following month before moving to RAF Balderton, returning in Apr 1945 for its final operations of the war. After VJ Day RAF Strubby came under the RAF Flying College at RAF Manby, remaining in this role up to closure in 1972.
20150323_094226 by andiea1973, on Flickr20150323_094550 by andiea1973, on Flickr20150323_094432 by andiea1973, on Flickr20150323_094405 by andiea1973, on Flickr20150323_094358 by andiea1973, on Flickr20150323_094338 by andiea1973, on Flickr20150323_093946 by andiea1973, on Flickr20150323_093737 by andiea1973, on FlickrThanks for looking.
