Strubby
Also known as: | RAF Station, Strubby / RAF Strubby |
County: | Lincolnshire |
Current Status: | Aviation / Farmland / Housing / Industry |
Date: | 1943 - September 1972 |
Current Use: | Limited flying |
Used By: | RAF / Civil |
- Lincs Aquatics
- Lindsey Marsh Drainage Board
- Strubby with Woodthorpe Parish Meeting
- Withern with Stain Parish Council
- Woodthorpe Kart Club
Main unit(s) present:
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No 35 MU
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No 93 MU
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No 144 Sqn
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No 154 (General Reconnaissance) Wing
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No 227 Sqn
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No 280 Sqn
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No 381 MU
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No 382 MU
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No 383 MU
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No 384 MU
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No 404 Sqn
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No 619 Sqn
- No 2735 Sqn RAF Regiment
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Empire Air Armament School
- Lincolnshire GC
- Night Bomber Tactical School/Unit
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RAF College of Air Warfare
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RAF Flying College

No 227 Squadron Air Gunners at Strubby, May 1945. Courtesy of New Zealand Bomber Command Association/Croker

No 227 Squadron Bomb Aimers at Strubby, May 1945. Courtesy of New Zealand Bomber Command Association/Croker

No 227 Squadron Wireless Operators (Air) at Strubby, May 1945. Courtesy of New Zealand Bomber Command Association/Croker

The control tower at Strubby, based on the original Second World War watch office, early 1990s. Photograph copyright © 2016 Nick Challoner, all rights reserved, www.challoner.com

Control tower at Strubby, 26 May 2008. © Richard Flagg
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