WOODHALL SPA

County

Pundit Code

Lincolnshire

WS

General Information

Facilities

Opened

February 1942

Runways

3 Concrete

Closed

1964

Hangers

1 – Type B1, 2 – Type T2

Elevation

45

feet

Contractor

Various

Squadrons and Units

Sqn/Unit

Group

From

To

Aircraft

97 Sqn

5 GP

02/03/43

18/04/43

Lancaster I, III

619 Sqn

5 GP

18/04/43

09/01/44

Lancaster I, III

617 Sqn

5 GP

10/01/44

17/06/45

Lancaster I, III

627 Sqn

5 GP

15/04/44

30/09/45

Mosquito IV, XVI, XX, XXV

Points of Interest

Opened as Tattershall Thorpe as satellite to Coningsby February 1942

Renamed Woodhall Spa

Became No. 54 Base substation August 1943

W/C G.L. Cheshire, DSO, DFC, 617 Sqn, awarded VC 8 September 1944, for numerous acts of courage on four bomber tours.

Station Memorial