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| Name: | RAF Kelstern |
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| HER Number: | MLI84418 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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Summary
RAF Kelstern was a First World War emergency landing ground, and Second World War airfield.
| Grid Reference: | TF 247 920 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF29SW |
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| Parish: | KELSTERN, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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| NORTH ORMSBY, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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| BINBROOK, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Full description
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RAF Kelstern was originally a First World War emergency landing ground. It was opened as an airfield in October 1943 from which Lancasters flew. It closed in 1945 at the end of the Second World War. {1}{2}
<1> T.N. Hancock, 1978, Bomber County, p.120 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI1060.
<2> Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1992-1996, National Mapping Programme, TF2692:LI.328.7.1-2 (Map). SLI3613.
Monument Types
- RUNWAY (First World War - 1914 AD to 1918 AD)
- AIRFIELD (Second World War - 1943 AD to 1945 AD)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Bibliographic Reference: T.N. Hancock. 1978. Bomber County. p.120. |
| <2> | Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. TF2692:LI.328.7.1-2. |
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