RAF Kelstern

RAF Kelstern
IATA: none ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type	Military [1]
Owner	Air Ministry[1]
Operator	Royal Air Force[1]
Location	Kelstern, Lincolnshire, England [1]
Built	1917 [1]
In use	1917-1919[1] 1943-1945 [1]
Elevation AMSL	420 ft / 128 m
Coordinates	53°24′36″N 000°06′54″W / 53.41000°N 0.11500°W / 53.41000; -0.11500
Map
RAF Kelstern Location in Lincolnshire
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 00/00 0 0 Asphalt 00/00 0 0 Asphalt 00/00 0 0 Asphalt

Royal Air Force Kelstern or RAF Kelstern^[1] is a former Royal Air Force station 3.6 miles (5.8 km) south east of Binbrook, Lincolnshire and 4.9 miles (7.9 km) north west of Louth, Lincolnshire, England.

Station history

The airfield first opened in 1917 as a night landing ground before closing in 1919.^[2]

RAF Kelstern re-opened in 1943 and the following squadrons used the airfield:

• No. 33 Squadron RAF.^[3]
• No. 170 Squadron RAF reformed at the airfield on 15 October 1944 with the Avro Lancaster I and III before moving to RAF Dunholme Lodge on 22 October 1944.^[4]
• No. 625 Squadron RAF reformed at Kelstern on 1 October 1943 with the Lancaster I and III before moving to RAF Scampton on 5 April 1945, where the squadron disbanded on 14 October 1945.^[5]

See also

• List of former Royal Air Force stations

References

Citations

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.