RAF Folkingham
Former Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Royal Air Force Folkingham or RAF Folkingham is a former Royal Air Force station located south west of Folkingham, Lincolnshire and about 29 miles (47 km) due south of county town Lincoln and 112 miles (180 km) north of London, England.
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Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||||||
Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||||||||||||||
Operator | Royal Air Force United States Army Air Forces | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||
Built | 1943 (1943) | ||||||||||||||||||
In use | 1943-1947,1959-1963 (1963) | ||||||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 266 ft / 81 m | ||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 52°51′29″N 000°26′34″W | ||||||||||||||||||
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Opened in 1940, it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces. During the war, it was used primarily as a troop carrier airfield for airborne units and as a subsidiary training depot of the newly formed Royal Air Force Regiment. After the war, it was placed on care and maintenance during 1947 when the RAF Regiment relocated to RAF Catterick.
During the late 1950s and early 1960s, the RAF Bomber Command used Folkingham as a PGM-17 Thor Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) base.
Today the remains of the airfield are located on private property being used as agricultural fields, with the main north–south runway acting as hardstanding for hundreds of scrapped vehicles.