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'''RAF North Witham''' at {{gbmapping|SK948230}}, is now in [[Twyford Wood]], [[Woolsthorpe by Colsterworth|Colsterworth]], [[Lincolnshire]]. It was built as a bomber airfield as part of the [[Royal Air Force|RAF]]'s rapid expansion during [[World War II]]. It was used for heavy conversion training. That is, pilots with some experience of flying light aircraft were trained to fly heavy bombers. |
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In [[1945]] it became a bomb dump. There had been bomb dumps in fields and roadsides all round the country especially in a county like Lincolnshire, full of [[Bomber Command]] air stations. These were decommissioned as quickly as possible and the bombs brought to more secure places to await the slower process of decommissioning the bombs themselves. |
In [[1945]] it became a bomb dump. There had been bomb dumps in fields and roadsides all round the country especially in a county like Lincolnshire, full of [[Bomber Command]] air stations. These were decommissioned as quickly as possible and the bombs brought to more secure places to await the slower process of decommissioning the bombs themselves. |
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Revision as of 07:50, 18 April 2005
RAF North Witham at grid reference SK948230, is now in Twyford Wood, Colsterworth, Lincolnshire. It was built as a bomber airfield as part of the RAF's rapid expansion during World War II. It was used for heavy conversion training. That is, pilots with some experience of flying light aircraft were trained to fly heavy bombers.
In 1945 it became a bomb dump. There had been bomb dumps in fields and roadsides all round the country especially in a county like Lincolnshire, full of Bomber Command air stations. These were decommissioned as quickly as possible and the bombs brought to more secure places to await the slower process of decommissioning the bombs themselves.