RAF Faldingworth

Reference Name MLI53409

Name:
RAF Faldingworth

Summary:
RAF Faldingworth.

Location:
TOFT NEWTON, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE
SPRIDLINGTON, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE
FALDINGWORTH, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

Description:
RAF Faldingworth was opened in October 1943 as a station of Bomber Command. It was closed as an active station in October 1948, but was re-opened in 1957 as a munitions supply facility. It fully closed as a military airfield in 1972. {1}{2}{3}{4}{5}

A large number of strong magnetic anomalies, clearly associated with the activities of the former airfield, were recorded during a magnetometry survey, conducted at the southern edge of the site in February 2014. The anomalies include the remains of former land drains and services, an aircraft dispersal point, and other miscellaneous ferrous materials. {6}

Sources:
1 Map: OS. 1956. OS 6 INCH SERIES. TF 08 NW, SW
2 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1970. 1:10000 Ordnance Survey Series Map. TF 08 NW, SW
3 Bibliographic Reference: T.N. Hancock. 1978. Bomber County. pp.44, 57-8, 60, 66, 68, 90, 95, 117
4 Bibliographic Reference: Ron N.E. Blake, Mike Hodgson and Bill J. Taylor. 1984. The Airfields of Lincolnshire Since 1912. p.82
5 Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. LINCOLNSHIRE. TF0385: LI.498.1.1
6 Report: Pre-Construct Geophysics. 2014. Proposed Solar Installation, Former RAF Faldingworth. -