RAF Strubby
England — County: Lincolnshire
About
RAF Strubby opened near the Lincolnshire coast in 1943 and served first under Coastal Command, its Bristol Beaufighters and Vickers Warwicks — including a Canadian squadron — flying anti-shipping and air-sea rescue sorties over the North Sea. It then passed to Bomber Command, with Nos. 227 and 619 Squadrons flying Avro Lancasters on the final offensive against Germany. After the war it became a training and air-warfare station until 1972; a gliding club has used the site since 1978.
Photographs
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Richard Hoare / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Former_RAF_huts_and_modern_silo_at_Strubby_airfield_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1603446.jpgView source & full licence →ⓘ licence & credit
Simon Tomson / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Approach_to_land_at_Strubby_into_the_winter_afternoon_sun,_aerial_2023_-_geograph.org.uk_-_7664369.jpgView source & full licence →ⓘ licence & credit
Michael Patterson / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Field_and_Hangar_-_geograph.org.uk_-_233947.jpgView source & full licence →ⓘ licence & credit
Richard Hoare / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Control_Tower_at_Strubby_airfield_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1603363.jpgView source & full licence →Home to
- No. 619 Squadron — 5 Group
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