RAF Caistor

RAF Caistor
IATA: none ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Location	Caistor, Lincolnshire, England
Built	1940 (1940)
In use	1940-1945 1959-1963 (1963)
Elevation AMSL	85 ft / 26 m
Coordinates	53°30′10″N 000°21′50″W / 53.50278°N 0.36389°W / 53.50278; -0.36389Coordinates: 53°30′10″N 000°21′50���W / 53.50278°N 0.36389°W / 53.50278; -0.36389
Map
RAF Caistor Location in Lincolnshire
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 00/00 0 0 Grass 00/00 0 0 Grass

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.

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[]

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". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 24 March 2015.