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Andiea

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Fancied a walk this morning, so drove 5 mins down the road to this place. Loads of building still there used mainly for farming. The old hospital is still there but didnt get chance to look as the boss arrived. The control tower has been restored and is now a family home. Excuse pics as took on my phone.

RAF Strubby was the most easterly of Lincolnshire's airfields but was already surplus to Bomber Command requirements when it opened in Apr 1944. It was therefore initially used by Coastal Command which deployed 144 Sqn and 404 Sqn RCAF - operating the Beaufighter - to RAF Strubby on anti-surface vessel missions. In the autumn on 1944, when the reorganisation of Bomber Command groups moved RAF Scampton, RAF Fiskerton and RAF Dunholme Lodge to 1 Group, and North Coates could attack enemy shipping off the Dutch coast on its own, RAF Strubby Strike Wing dispersed and the Station was occupied by 619 Sqn from RAF Dunholme Lodge. 227 Sqn partly reformed here the following month before moving to RAF Balderton, returning in Apr 1945 for its final operations of the war. After VJ Day RAF Strubby came under the RAF Flying College at RAF Manby, remaining in this role up to closure in 1972.

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Thanks for looking.
 
I know lol, I would love a tour, 24 years ago we all used to use that piece of runway to race cars on, see who could go fastest before we ran out of runway, the control tower then was derelict and in a poor state, it is nice to see it has become a family home. There are loads of buildings to explore at this end of the airfield. Unfortunately alot of the runway between this end and the other end has been removed to use as hardcore but I will be having a trip to the other end to see what has become of Bond Helicopters who used to fly from the other end.
 
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