RAF Wellingore

RAF Wellingore
Wellingore, Lincolnshire in England
Technical Site for RAF Wellingore
RAF Wellingore is located in Lincolnshire
RAF Wellingore
RAF Wellingore
Shown within Lincolnshire
Coordinates53°04′42″N 000°31′30″W / 53.07833°N 0.52500°W / 53.07833; -0.52500
TypeRelief Landing Ground
CodeJW[1]
Site information
OwnerAir Ministry
OperatorRoyal Air Force
Controlled byRAF Fighter Command
* No. 12 Group RAF
1940-44
RAF Flying Training Command
Site history
Built1934 (1934)/35
In use1935 - 1945 (1945)
Battles/warsEuropean theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation79 metres (259 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
00/00  Grass
00/00  Grass

Royal Air Force Wellingore or more simply RAF Wellingore is a former Royal Air Force fighter relief landing ground located 1.9 miles (3.1 km) south of Navenby, Lincolnshire and 10 miles (16 km) south of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.

History

The airfield was originally opened in 1917 as a Royal Naval Air Service station called Wellingore Heath. The airfield reopened in 1935. By the winter of 1939/40, the airfield was fully operational and consisted of two grass runways, a concrete perimeter track and several hangars. It initially operated as a Relief Landing Ground (RLG) for RAF Cranwell before later operating as a RLG for RAF Digby. Various squadrons equipped with Spitfires, Hurricanes, Blenheims and Beaufighters flew from the station.

The airfield was closed in 1947.

Squadrons

Units
[13]

John Gillespie Magee Jr

In December 1941, John Gillespie Magee, Jr., author of the famous aviation poem "High Flight", took off from Wellingore on his final flight, in which he was killed.

Guy Gibson

In November 1940, Guy Gibson, who later led Operation Chastise (better known as the Dambusters Raid), was stationed at Wellingore. Later in November 1940, he flew from here to Cardiff for his wedding. He had his first victories as a nightfighter pilot operating from here. In April 1942, a German intruder aircraft attacked Gibson's aircraft while landing at Wellingore, injuring his navigator.

Post-war use

The station was used as a prisoner of war camp before being handed back to the local land owner. Many of the original buildings, including the control have been demolished. A number of airfield defence concrete bunkers remain dotted around the airfield which has been returned to agricultural use.[13]

See also

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b Falconer 2012, p. 206.
  2. ^ Jefford 1988, p. 34.
  3. ^ Jefford 1988, p. 89.
  4. ^ a b Jefford 1988, p. 90.
  5. ^ Jefford 1988, p. 42
  6. ^ Jefford 1988, p. 49.
  7. ^ Jefford 1988, p. 63.
  8. ^ Jefford 1988, p. 83.
  9. ^ Jefford 1988, p. 85.
  10. ^ Jefford 1988, p. 88.
  11. ^ Jefford 1988, p. 92
  12. ^ Jefford 1988, p. 100
  13. ^ a b "Wellingore". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 30 April 2022.

Bibliography

  • Falconer, J. (2012). RAF Airfields of World War 2. UK: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85780-349-5.
  • Jefford, C.G. RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1988. ISBN 1-84037-141-2.

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