RAF Scampton

E26508

Royal Air Force station military airbase

RAF Scampton was a Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire, England, historically significant as a bomber base during World War II and later as the long-time home of the Red Arrows aerobatic display team.

Aliases (1)

RAF Scampton Heritage Centre ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Royal Air Force station → military airbase →
associatedOperation	Operation Chastise →
basedAircraftType	Avro Lancaster → Avro Vulcan → BAE Hawk T1 →
closureAnnouncedBy	UK Ministry of Defence →
closureStatus	closed as an RAF station →
country	United Kingdom →
elevation	202 feet → 62 metres →
garrison	Royal Air Force →
geographicFeature	airfield →
hasCategory	Royal Air Force stations in Lincolnshire → World War II airfields in the United Kingdom →
hasFacility	control tower → hangars → hardened aircraft shelters → runway →
hasHeritageAssociation	RAF Scampton Heritage Centre →
heritageStatus	site with listed buildings →
historicalUse	bomber base →
ICAOCode	EGXP →
locatedIn	England → Lincolnshire → West Lindsey district →
locatedNear	Lincoln →
nearbyVillage	Scampton →
notableEvent	departure of Red Arrows to RAF Waddington →
notableFor	Dambusters memorials → Dambusters raid association → home of the Red Arrows →
notableUnitStationed	No. 617 Squadron RAF → Red Arrows →
operatedBy	Royal Air Force →
ownedBy	Ministry of Defence →
primaryRole	aerobatic display operations → bomber operations →
region	East Midlands →
roleDuringColdWar	V-bomber base →
roleDuringWWII	base for bomber squadrons →
runwaySurface	asphalt →
runwayType	concrete →
usedBy	RAF Bomber Command → RAF Strike Command →
usedDuringConflict	Cold War → Second World War →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Red 1 →	associatedWith
RAFAT →	base
No. 617 Squadron RAF →	basedAt
RAF Scampton ("RAF Scampton Heritage Centre") →	hasHeritageAssociation
No. 617 Squadron RAF →	initialBase
RAF Aerobatic Team Red Arrows →	previousBase
RAFAT →	trainingLocation