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North Lincolnshire HER
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| HER Number: | 11653 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | HIBALDSTOW AIRFIELD |
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Summary
Hibaldstow airfield, constructed 1940, operational 1941-1943 as a night fighter base. Closed in 1947.
| Grid Reference: | SE 498 401 |
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| Map Sheet: | SE44SE |
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| Parish: | HIBALDSTOW, NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE |
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| REDBOURNE, NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE |
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| Map: | Show location on Streetmap |
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Monument Types
- MILITARY AIRFIELD (PM:C20, Second World War to Mid 20th Century - 1940 AD to 1947 AD)
Protected Status - None
Associated Finds - None
Associated Events
- Desk-based assessment of Land in the Ancholme Valley, North Lincs, 2003
- Desk-Based Assessment of land at Hibaldstow Airfield.
- Desk-based assessment, land west of Redbourne Road, Hibaldstow (Ref: HHRE 13)
Full description
Construction work for Hibaldstow airfield began in 1940. Three paved runways were liked by a perimeter track, with the control tower on the western edge. Operational May1941- February 1943 as a night fighter base, Hibaldstow was important enough to have decoy airfields at Cadney and Thornton le Moor. It became a relief landing ground for Kirton in 1943, and briefly a base for an Advanced Flying Unit before closure in 1947. The land was sold off 1960-61; the control tower was converted to a private residence. The runways are still in good condition.
Figure 6 shows two plans of Hibaldstow Airfield during the Second World War, one a Luftwaffe bombing plan dating from 1941.
Figure 7 shows two RAF vertical aerial photographs dating from 1948, showing the western edge of the airfield.
Appendix 4 lists 27 aircraft incidents associated with the airfield between 1941 and 1946. [1]
A World War Two military airfield, opened in 1941 and closed in 1945. The wartime airfield comprised three tarmac runways and 12 hard standings. There were a number of Blister and Bellman type aircraft hangars. There is also evidence for a World War Two battle headquarters at the airfield and for possible fuel stores seen as crop marks. By December 1944 it was used as a satellite airfield (for Kirton-in Lindsey) by an Operational Training Unit, assigned to 12 Group Fighter Command. [2, 3]
Booklet, including a short history of the airfield. [4]
Two Air Ministry plans of the airfield and associated dispersed sites, 1945. [5]
RAF Museum, 1940-1945, Air Ministry Airfield Plans (PLAN - MEASURED). SLS6965.
Paul Francis, Richard Flagg, Graham Crisp, 2015, Nine Thousand Miles of Concrete - A review of WW II Temporary Airfields in England (REPORT - INTERIM, RESEARCH, SPECIALIST, ETC). SLS7342.
<1> Gardener, R.D., 2007, Archaeological Desk-based Assesment:Area of potential stone extraction, Slate House Farm, Hibaldstow, North Lincolnshire, 5-6, figs 6, 7, Appendix 2, 4 (DESK BASED ASSESSMENT REPORT). SLS3473.
<2> National Record of the Historic Environment, Ordnance Survey/NAR/NMR/NRHE Records, SE90SE 57 (COLLECTION / PARENT). SLS1263.
<3> Council for British Archaeology, 2003, Defence Of Britain Database Disc, S0014412 (COMPUTER DISK/TAPE). SLS2852.
<4> North Lincolnshire Council Tourism, 2012, Northern Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage (BOOK). SLS5517.
Sources and further reading
| --- | PLAN - MEASURED: RAF Museum. 1940-1945. Air Ministry Airfield Plans. jpeg. |
| --- | REPORT - INTERIM, RESEARCH, SPECIALIST, ETC: Paul Francis, Richard Flagg, Graham Crisp. 2015. Nine Thousand Miles of Concrete - A review of WW II Temporary Airfields in England. December 2015. Pdf document. |
| <1> | DESK BASED ASSESSMENT REPORT: Gardener, R.D.. 2007. Archaeological Desk-based Assesment:Area of potential stone extraction, Slate House Farm, Hibaldstow, North Lincolnshire. July 2007. Bound A4 report. 5-6, figs 6, 7, Appendix 2, 4. |
| <2> | COLLECTION / PARENT: National Record of the Historic Environment. Ordnance Survey/NAR/NMR/NRHE Records. SE90SE 57. |
| <3> | COMPUTER DISK/TAPE: Council for British Archaeology. 2003. Defence Of Britain Database Disc. CD & Paper. S0014412. |
| <4> | BOOK: North Lincolnshire Council Tourism. 2012. Northern Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage. Softback. Bound A5 Booklet. |
Related records
| 26009 | Parent of: AIRCRAFT HANGARS, MILITARY BUILDINGS (SITE OF), RAF HIBALDSTOW (Monument) |
| 26010 | Parent of: AIRCRAFT HANGARS, MILITARY BUILDINGS (SITE OF), RAF HIBALDSTOW (Monument) |
| 26013 | Parent of: AIRCRAFT HANGARS, MILITARY BUILDINGS (SITE OF), RAF HIBALDSTOW (Monument) |
| 26008 | Parent of: AIRCRAFT PENS (SITE OF), RAF HIBALDSTOW (Monument) |
| 22794 | Parent of: DISPERSED RAF TECHNICAL SITE, SOUTH CARR LANE (Monument) |
| 22792 | Parent of: DISPERSED SITE No 2, SOUTH OF RAF HIBALDSTOW (Monument) |
| 22791 | Parent of: DISPERSED SITE No 3, SOUTH OF RAF HIBALDSTOW (Monument) |
| 22793 | Parent of: DISPERSED SITE No 4, SOUTH OF RAF HIBALDSTOW (Monument) |
| 26014 | Parent of: DISPERSED SITE No 5, SOUTH OF RAF HIBALDSTOW (Monument) |
| 26015 | Parent of: DISPERSED SITE No 6, SOUTH OF RAF HIBALDSTOW (Monument) |
| 26016 | Parent of: DISPERSED SITE No 7, SOUTH OF RAF HIBALDSTOW (Monument) |
| 26012 | Parent of: DISPERSED SITE No 8 SEWAGE WORKS, RAF HIBALDSTOW (Monument) |
| 22795 | Parent of: FORMER CONTROL TOWER, HIBALDSTOW AIRFIELD (Building) |
| 26018 | Parent of: HFDF STATION (SITE OF), WEST OF RAF HIBALDSTOW (Monument) |
| 26011 | Parent of: MILITARY BUILDINGS (SITE OF), RAF HIBALDSTOW (Monument) |
| 26007 | Parent of: RAF BUILDINGS (SITE OF), NORTH OF FIELD HOUSE FARM (Monument) |
| 26006 | Parent of: RAF BUILDINGS (SITE OF), SITE 1 (Monument) |
| 26005 | Parent of: RAF BUILDINGS (SITE OF), SITE 1 ENTRANCE (Monument) |
| 21400 | Parent of: WWII BATTLE HEADQUARTERS, HIBALDSTOW AIRFIELD (Building) |
| 18442 | Related to: WORLD WAR II DECOY (SITE OF), CADNEY CARRS (Monument) |
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