RAF North Killingholme

England — County: Lincolnshire

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About

RAF North Killingholme opened in north Lincolnshire in 1943 as a Bomber Command station in No. 1 Group. It was home to a single squadron, No. 550, which flew Avro Lancasters from the airfield on the strategic offensive against Germany until the end of the war. The station closed in 1945, and the site is now an industrial estate and farmland, its wartime layout still visible from the air.

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Photographs

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. The crew of Avro Lancaster B Mark III, ED905 'BQ-F' "Press on regardless", of No. 550 Squadron RAF, pose on their aircraft after it had completed 70 operational sorties, at North Killinghome, Yorkshire. They were to fly ED905's hundredth successful sortie on 4 November 1944. The crew consisted of: captain and pilot, Flight Lieutenant D A Shaw; navigator, Sergeant R Harris; engineer, Pilot Officer C Bruce; air bomber, Flight-Sergeant A Llanwarne; mid-upper gunner, Flight-Sergeant A Buckingham; and rear gunner, Flight-Sergeant E Griffiths.
ⓘ licence & creditRoyal Air Force official photographer, Teal W H (Cpl), No. 550 Squadron RAF / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_Air_Force_Bomber_Command,_1942-1945._CH17852.jpgView source & full licence →
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bomber Command Crew members of Lancaster PA995/BQ-V of No. 550 Squadron board their aircraft at North Killingholme for its 100th operation on 5 March 1945. Left to right are: Sergeant J Nicolson (mid-upper gunner), Flight Sergeant Jack Bold (bomb aimer) and Sergeant M McCutcheon (rear gunner).
ⓘ licence & creditRoyal Air Force official photographer / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_Air_Force_1939-1945-_Bomber_Command_CH14855.jpgView source & full licence →
Old Hangar on North Killingholme Airfield Photo taken from Crook Mill Road.
ⓘ licence & creditDavid Wright / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Hangar_on_North_Killingholme_Airfield_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1408076.jpgView source & full licence →
North Killingholme Airfield - Old Hangar. This old hangar (RAF type B1) on the North side of the former North Killingholme airfield was photographed from Crook Mill Road looking approx. South.
ⓘ licence & creditDavid Wright / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:North_Killingholme_Airfield_-_Old_Hangar_-_geograph.org.uk_-_162689.jpgView source & full licence →
IWM caption : The crew of Avro Lancaster B Mark III, ED905 'BQ-F' "Press on regardless", of No. 550 Squadron RAF, pose on their aircraft after it had completed 70 operational sorties, at RAF North Killingholme, Yorkshire. They were to fly ED905's hundredth successful sortie on 4 November 1944. The crew consisted of: captain and pilot, Flight Lieutenant D A Shaw; navigator, Sergeant R Harris; engineer, Pilot Officer C Bruce; air bomber, Flight-Sergeant A Llanwarne; mid-upper gunner, Flight-Sergeant A Buckingham; and rear gunner, Flight-Sergeant E Griffiths.
ⓘ licence & creditRoyal Air Force official photographer : Teal W H (Cpl), No. 550 Squadron RAF / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:550_Squadron_Lancaster_and_crew_IWM_CH_17852.jpgView source & full licence →

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