RAF Caistor

RAF Caistor is a former Royal Air Force Relief Landing Ground located 6.2 miles (10.0 km) south east of Brigg, Lincolnshire and 9.1 miles (14.6 km) north west of Binbrook, Lincolnshire, England, the site is now used for farming.

RAF Caistor
IATA: none ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Location	Caistor, Lincolnshire, England
Built	1940
In use	1940-1945 1959-1963
Elevation AMSL	85 ft / 26 m
Coordinates	53°30′10″N 000°21′50″W
Map
RAF Caistor Location in Lincolnshire
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 00/00 0 0 Grass 00/00 0 0 Grass

History

Second World War

• No. 1 Air Armament School RAF[1]
• No. 15 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF[1]
• No. 53 Operational Training Unit RAF[1]
• No. 93 Maintenance Unit RAF[1]
• No. 233 Maintenance Unit RAF[1]
• RAF College SFTS[1][2] became No. 17 Service Flying Training School RAF[1][3]

Cold War

• No. 269 Squadron RAF with PGM-17 Thors.[4]

Current use

The site has now returned to agricultural use, and little remains of the military facilities.

References

Citations

1. "Caistor". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
2. Lake 1999, p. 174.
3. Lake 1999, p. 185.
4. Jefford 1988, p. 81.

Bibliography

• Jefford, C.G. (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.
• Lake, A (1999). Flying units of the RAF. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.

External links

• Media related to RAF Caistor at Wikimedia Commons
• Historic England. "Monument No. 1543704". PastScape. Retrieved 24 March 2015.