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HISTORIC RAF BASES AS THEY APPEAR TODAY |
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RAF FULBECK |
 Memorial
stands in the center of a propeller reminiscent of a C-47 prop |
 In
Memory Of All Who Flew From RAF Fulbeck Never To Return 1940-45.
F/Sgt Ken White Memorial Erected By The Bomber Airfield
Society 1988
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 Fulbeck
Airfield
still has a few standing buildings but are
in disrepair |
 Fulbeck
Airfield
is now home to the Lincolnshire Kart Racing Club. The disused
runway makes an excellent race track. |
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RAF NORTH WITHAM |
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North Witham Airfield is now a part of Twyford Woods
Nature Reserve run by the National Forestry Commission. |
 North
Witham Control Tower
observation platform is nearly overtaken by vegetation |
 "Tired"
Side Yard
strewn with abandoned truck and automobile tires |
 Crack
and Worn
all the runways are still there but in a poor condition |
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RAF SALTBY |
 Saltby
Memorial
entrance to the airfield is on the road between Skillington and
Sproxton |
 Stone
Sentinels
carry various engravings |
 62nd
Airlift Squadron
donated the flags |
 Memories
Of All Comrades Who served At Saltby Airfield In World War II
is etched on the center stone |
 Lancaster
Bomber
in flight adorns the face of the stone at left |
 C-47
Skytrain, aka "Dakota"
poised for takeoff recalls the missions flown from Saltby with
American paratroopers |
 Saltby
Airfield
has one serviceable runway and is still used by the Saltby Glider Club
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[All photos courtesy of Graham Lawson] |
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RAF FOLKINGHAM |
RAF Folkingham is now farmland with new houses
built around the perimeter of the airfield. The last remaining part
of the Folkingham airfield has now disappeared as
farms have overtaken it .
The
Memorial for Folkingham Airfield,
dedicated on 9 July
1994,
can be found in the village cemetery of Aslackby,
just off the A15.
The stone commemorates the use of the nearby RAF Folkingham, (which is
often referred to as Aslackby Airfield, as the airfield was
nearer the village of Aslackby rather than Folkingham) by the
RAF and USAAF during World War Two. Its four sides are engraved
with the names of both British and American units while the
capstone is a testament to men who flew missions from the field.
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BRITISH AIRBORNE DIVISION
1ST
AND 4TH PARACHUTE BRIGADE
(RED BERETS)
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ERECTED BY THE
ASLACKBY AND LAUGHTON
PARISH COUNCIL |
UNITED STATES 17TH,
82ND AND 101ST
AIRBORNE DIVISIONS |
 Capstone
Inscription
IN MEMORY OF THE AMERICAN AND BRITISH
PARACHUTE AND GLIDERBORNE TROOPS, PILOTS AND AIRCREW, WHO FLEW FROM
ASLACKBY & FOLKINGHAM AIRFIELDS AND OTHERS NEARBY, TO THE EUROPEAN
AND NORTH AFRICAN BATTLEFIELDS IN WORLD WAR II, 1939 - 1945. THEIR
NAMES LIVETH FOR EVERMORE. |
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SUPPORTED FINANCIALLY BY
THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION
(BOURNE BRANCH AND CLUB) |
UNITED STATES 62ND WING,
313TH TROOP CARRIER GROUP
29TH, 47TH, 48TH AND 49TH SQUADRONS |
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UNITED STATES MEMBERS OF
29TH AND 47TH TROOP CARRIER
SQUADRON ASSOCIATIONS
SOUTH KESTEVEN DISTRICT COUNCIL |
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COMRADES WHO SERVED IN THE
ANGLO & AMERICAN AIRBORNE ARMY
THEIR RELATIVES FRIENDS AND
LOCAL PARISHIONERS |
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