RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor

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RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor was a Royal Air Force station in Yorkshire, England, used primarily during the Second World War for bomber operations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Air Force station
builtFor Royal Air Force Bomber Command NERFINISHED
closed post-Second World War
conflict World War II
surface form: Second World War
country United Kingdom
hasAlternativeName Holme-on-Spalding Moor Airfield NERFINISHED
RAF Holme on Spalding Moor NERFINISHED
hasElevation approximately 8 metres above sea level
hasGridReference SE820360
hasIcaoCode EGXH NERFINISHED
hasRemains airfield buildings
dispersal areas
runway fragments
hasRole bomber airfield
training airfield
hasRunwayLayout three-runway pattern
hasRunwaySurface concrete
tarmac
locatedIn East Riding of Yorkshire NERFINISHED
England
Yorkshire NERFINISHED
near Holme-on-Spalding Moor village NERFINISHED
Market Weighton NERFINISHED
notableFor heavy bomber operations over Germany
use by Halifax squadrons
opened 1941
operatedBy Royal Air Force
ownedBy Air Ministry NERFINISHED
partOf Bomber Command NERFINISHED
postWarUse agricultural land
industrial use on parts of site
region East Riding of Yorkshire NERFINISHED
usedBy Commonwealth aircrews
usedByAircraft Avro Lancaster NERFINISHED
Handley Page Halifax NERFINISHED
Vickers Wellington NERFINISHED
usedByUnit No. 10 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED
No. 1663 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF NERFINISHED
No. 458 Squadron RAAF NERFINISHED
No. 51 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED
No. 640 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED
No. 76 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED
No. 78 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED
usedDuring World War II
surface form: Second World War
usedFor bomber operations

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Holme-on-Spalding-Moor hasFormerRAFStation RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor