RAF North Killingholme

RAF North Killingholme
RAF North Killingholme
North Killingholme, Lincolnshire in England
	Old hangar
	RAF North Killingholme Shown within Lincolnshire RAF North Killingholme RAF North Killingholme (the United Kingdom)
Coordinates	53°38′09″N 000°17′31″W / 53.63583°N 0.29194°W
Type	Royal Air Force station
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Bomber Command
Site history
Built	1943
In use	1943 - 1945
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation	8 metres (26 ft) AMSL
Runways
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]

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.

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.