Royal Air Force Caistor or more simply RAF Caistor is a former
Royal Air Force
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relief landing ground
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located south east of
Brigg
Brigg (Wikipedia:IPA for English#Key, /'brɪg/) is a market town in North Lincolnshire, England, with a population of 5,076 in the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 UK census, the population increased to 5,626 at the 2011 census. The town lies ...
,
Lincolnshire
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and north west of
Binbrook
Binbrook is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the B1203 road, and north-east from Market Rasen.
Previously a larger market town,Cox, J. Charles (1916) ''Lincolnshire'' pp. 64â ...
, Lincolnshire,
England
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, the site is now used for farming.
History
Second World War
* Satellite of No. 1 Air Armament School RAF (December 1942 - June 1943)
* Relief Landing Ground for No. 15 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF (June - September 1942)
*
No. 53 Operational Training Unit RAF (1943-44)
* A detachment of
No. 85 Squadron RAF
* Sub site for
No. 93 Maintenance Unit RAF (December 1948 - December 1950)
* Sub site for
No. 233 Maintenance Unit RAF (February 1945 - ?)
* Relief Landing Ground for RAF College SFTS (June 1943 - March 1944) became Relief Landing Ground for
No. 17 Service Flying Training School RAF
The No. 1 Flying Training School (1 FTS) is the oldest military pilot training school in the world, currently used to deliver rotary training to aircrew of the British armed forces.
History
First formation (1919 – 1931)
On 23 December 1919 ...
(March 1944 - February 1945)
Cold War
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No. 269 Squadron RAF with
PGM-17 Thor
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s
Current use
The site has now returned to agricultural use, and little remains of the military facilities.
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Royal Air Force stations in Lincolnshire
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