SKELLINGTHOPRE

County

Pundit Code

Lincolnshire

SG

General Information

Facilities

Opened

October 1941

Runways

3 Concrete/Tarmac

Closed

1952

Hangers

1 – Type B1, 2 – Type T2

Elevation

60

feet

 

 

Contractor

Various

 

 

Squadrons and Units

Sqn/Unit

Group

From

To

Aircraft

50 Sqn

5 GP

26/11/41

20/06/42

Hampden. Manchester I, Lancaster I, III

 

 

17/10/42

15/06/45

 

61 Sqn

5 GP

16/11/43

12/01/44

Lancaster I, III

 

 

17/10/42

15/06/45

 

Points of Interest

Opened as satellite to Swinderby October 1941

Became No. 53 Base substation November 1942

F/O L.T. Manser, awarded posthumous VC, Cologne 30/31 May 1942

Station Memorial

Skellingthorpe