Memorial to RAF Skellingthorpe
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Memorial to RAF Skellingthorpe
Image: © Adrian S Pye Taken: 17 Sep 2019
The memorial reads thus: To the Memory of the air crews and ground staff who gave their life while serving with No. 50 Squadron and No. 61, 5 Group Bomber Command The Royal Air Force 2nd World War 1939 - 1945. Skellingthorpe was a bomber airfield within 5 Group, which opened in late 1941. It eventually had the Class "A" intersecting three runways, the main being 1650 yards with two subsidiaries at 1400 yards. There were three hangars, two T2s and a B1. On 26th November 1941, 50 Squadron arrived with their Hampdens from Swinderby, whilst the runways there were re-laid. https://www.geograph.org.uk/article/Royal-Air-Force-Stations-in-Lincolnshire
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Image Location
Latitude
53.216833
Longitude
-0.601986
