Wickenby Aerodrome
A World WAr II bomber station now a commercial aviation centre with a small musuem in the old control tower.
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Near Langwoth, LN3 5AX
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Visit websiteRAF Wickenby was a purpose built bomber base constructed in 1942 and 1943. It had two T2 type hangars and one B1 type. The B1 and one of the T2 hangars can still be seen on the airfield site. The T2 near the threshold of runway 21 was recently acquired by the airfield owners and after many years of industrial use in now, once more, an aircraft hangar.
Wickenby Aerodrome has been an active airfield since the 1960s, and today, is home to many successful companies and a thriving aviation community made up of professional and recreational pilots. The site is also the base for an active flying club, and a World War II museum in the old Control Tower.
Off A158 north east of Lincoln.
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