RAF Skellingthorpe
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RAF Skellingthorpe was a Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire, England, that served as a key Bomber Command airfield during the Second World War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| RAF Skellingthorpe canonical | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Royal Air Force station ⓘ |
| associatedWith | RAF Bomber Command campaign over Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| branch | Royal Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controlledBy | RAF Bomber Command NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| distanceFromLincoln | approximately 3 miles west ⓘ |
| elevation | low-lying airfield ⓘ |
| garrison |
No. 463 Squadron RAAF
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
No. 467 Squadron RAAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 50 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 61 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Skellingthorpe Aerodrome
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Skelly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Bomber Command airfields
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Royal Air Force stations in Lincolnshire ⓘ World War II airfields in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| hasIATACode | none ⓘ |
| hasICAOCode | none ⓘ |
| hasRunwayConfiguration | three-runway layout ⓘ |
| heritage | former Bomber Command station ⓘ |
| inServicePeriod | World War II era ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
ⓘ
Lincolnshire ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeArea | North Kesteven district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memorialAtSite | Bomber Command memorial NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memorialCommemorates | aircrew of based squadrons ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement | Skellingthorpe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAircraftOperated |
Avro Lancaster
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Handley Page Hampden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | high-intensity Lancaster operations ⓘ |
| notableUnitNationality | Royal Australian Air Force squadrons GENERATED ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| partOf | Bomber Command NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postWarUse | largely returned to agriculture and light development ⓘ |
| primaryRole | heavy bomber base ⓘ |
| region | East Midlands ⓘ |
| runwaySurface | concrete ⓘ |
| status | disused ⓘ |
| theatreOfOperations | European theatre of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedDuringConflict | Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Second World War operations
ⓘ
bomber operations ⓘ |
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