RAF Strubby

Royal Air Force Strubby or more simply RAF Strubby is a former Royal Air Force station 2.9 miles (4.7 km) north of Alford, Lincolnshire, and 8.6 miles (13.8 km) south east of Louth, Lincolnshire, England.

RAF Strubby
An airfield building
IATA: none ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Royal Air Force
Location	Strubby, Lincolnshire
Built	1942 (1942)
In use	1943-1972 (1972)
Elevation AMSL	39 ft / 12 m
Coordinates	53°18′14″N 000°10′00″E
Map
RAF Strubby Location in Lincolnshire
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 08/26 1,990 605 Asphalt 00/00 0 0 Asphalt 00/00 0 0 Asphalt 00/00 0 0 Asphalt

History

Squadrons

Squadron	Equipment	From	To	To	Notes
No. 144 Squadron RAF	Bristol Beaufighter X	1 July 1944	3 September 1944	RAF Banff	[1]
No. 227 Squadron RAF	Avro Lancaster I and III	5 April 1945	8 June 1945	RAF Graveley	[2]
No. 280 Squadron RAF	Vickers Warwick I	1 May 1944	6 September 1944	RAF Langham	Detachment at RAF Thornaby[3]
No. 404 Squadron RCAF	Beaufighter X	1 July 1944	3 September 1944	RAF Davidstow Moor	Detachment at RAF Davidstow Moor[4]
No. 619 Squadron RAF	Lancaster I and III	28 September 1944	1 July 1945	RAF Skellingthorpe	[5]

Units

• No. 381 Maintenance Unit RAF (MU)[6]
• No. 382 MU[6]
• No. 383 MU[6]
• No. 384 MU[6]
• Empire Air Armament School RAF[6]
• RAF College of Air Warfare[6]
• RAF Flying College[6]
• 5 Group Anti-Aircraft School[7]
• 12 GCA Unit[7]

Current use

Woodthorpe Hall Caravan and Leisure Park currently occupies a small section of the site.[8]

Lincolnshire Gliding Club (formerly Strubby Gliding Club) has operated from the site since 1978. Celebrations to mark the club's 40th anniversary at Strubby were held in summer 2018. Gliders here make use of long runways of both grass and asphalt surfaces.[9] There is also a small airfield with an asphalt runway on the northern side of the site.[10]

See also

• List of former Royal Air Force stations

References

Citations

1. Jefford 1988, p. 61.
2. Jefford 1988, p. 74.
3. Jefford 1988, p. 83.
4. Jefford 1988, p. 89.
5. Jefford 1988, p. 101.
6. "Strubby". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
7. "RAF Strubby". RAF-Lincolnshire.info. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
8. "Welcome to Woodthorpe Hall Caravan and Leisure Park". Woodthorpe Hall Caravan and Leisure Park. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
9. "Lincs G.C. homepage". Lincolnshire Gliding Club. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
10. "Welcome". Strubby Airfield. Retrieved 28 May 2014.

Bibliography

• Jefford, C. G. RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1988. ISBN 1-84037-141-2.