IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Elsham Close, LINCOLN, LN6 3YY
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Elsham Close, LN6 3YY by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (12 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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WWII information board
Situated adjacent to a children's play area is this information boards detailing the history of RAF Skellingthorpe. Of significant note, F/O Leslie Manser a Pilot in 50 Sqn won a posthumous Victoria Cross flying from this airfield. He was the only RAF pilot to win the award flying an Avro Manchester bomber - the aircraft that proceeded the legendary Lancaster
Image: © Tony Hibberd
Taken: 21 Sep 2012
0.19 miles
2
Taxiway of former WWII airfield
This is the last surviving section of taxiway at the site of the former RAF Skellingthorpe airfield on the outskirts of Lincoln. Now covered by the Birchwood Estate, this short section was recently resurfaced and local schools have marked out a timeline detailing the history of the airfield
Image: © Tony Hibberd
Taken: 21 Sep 2012
0.19 miles
3
Birchwood: aerial
A46 ring road across top left corner and Hartsholme Country Park and Lake on the right.
Image: © Chris
Taken: 11 Mar 2014
0.20 miles
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Memorial to RAF Skellingthorpe
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
Image: © Adrian S Pye
Taken: 17 Sep 2019
0.23 miles
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WWII RAF Memorial
Roadside memorial to the units based at the former Bomber Command airfield of RAF Skellingthorpe, which now lies under Lincoln's Birchwood estate. The majority of all the roads on this estate have an aviation theme to their name
Image: © Tony Hibberd
Taken: 21 Sep 2012
0.24 miles
