RAF Fiskerton & No. 49 Squadron - A History
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The history of RAF Fiskerton,
The history of RAF Fiskerton, a bomber base near Lincoln, and of no 49 squadron - especially made for my friend Sue
No. 5 Group Bomber Command
No. 1 Group Bomber Command
County: Lincolnshire
Location: 5 miles east of Lincoln
OS Ref: TF 050730
Opened: January 1943
Closed: 1961
Pundit Code: FN
Control Tower: Demolished 1978
Runways: 3 Concrete & Tarmac. The main runway (263) 2,000 by 50 yards, and the subsidiaries (311)1,400 by 50 yards & (054) 1,400 by 50 yards
Hardstandings: 36 Pan type. One was lost with the erection of a T2 hangar on the north side between runway heads 23 and 26
Hangars: One T2 hangar was erected on the north side between runway heads 23 and 26, Another T2 and a B1 were put up near the technical site on the east side between runway heads 26 and 31, the B1 being the southernmost
Bomb Stores: To the north between runway heads 13 and 23
Ad., tech. & barr.: Most of the domestic sites were dispersed in fields close to the Fiskerton village to Stainfield road, comprising seven domestic, two communal, one WAAF and sick quarters
Population: RAF Officers - 104, OR - 1,335, WAAF Officers - 2, OR - 196
Satellite airfield(s): Satellite for Scampton.
No. 5 Group Bomber Command
No. 1 Group Bomber Command
County: Lincolnshire
Location: 5 miles east of Lincoln
OS Ref: TF 050730
Opened: January 1943
Closed: 1961
Pundit Code: FN
Control Tower: Demolished 1978
Runways: 3 Concrete & Tarmac. The main runway (263) 2,000 by 50 yards, and the subsidiaries (311)1,400 by 50 yards & (054) 1,400 by 50 yards
Hardstandings: 36 Pan type. One was lost with the erection of a T2 hangar on the north side between runway heads 23 and 26
Hangars: One T2 hangar was erected on the north side between runway heads 23 and 26, Another T2 and a B1 were put up near the technical site on the east side between runway heads 26 and 31, the B1 being the southernmost
Bomb Stores: To the north between runway heads 13 and 23
Ad., tech. & barr.: Most of the domestic sites were dispersed in fields close to the Fiskerton village to Stainfield road, comprising seven domestic, two communal, one WAAF and sick quarters
Population: RAF Officers - 104, OR - 1,335, WAAF Officers - 2, OR - 196
Satellite airfield(s): Satellite for Scampton.
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