Kirton in Lindsey Airfield
An early RAF station with its buildings almost intact.
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Originally opened as a RFC base in World War I, it was reopened in 1940 as a fighter base. Closed in 1957, it was reopened in 1960 as a technical training centre and gliding school.
In 1966 it was taken over by the Royal Artillery, but reverted to the RAF in 2005 as an early warning radar station.
Its buildings dating from the 1930s expansion era are almost intact.
Historic Aerial photo: Royal Air Force - http://www.americanairmuseum.com/place/202, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38652042
By road: On B1205 off the A15.
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