RAF Kelstern explained

RAF Kelstern
Type:	Military ^[1]
Owner:	Air Ministry
Operator:	Royal Air Force
Location:	Kelstern, Lincolnshire, England
Built:	1917
Used:	1917-1919 1943-1945
Elevation-F:	128m (420feet)
Elevation-M:	128
Coordinates:	53.41°N -0.115°W
Pushpin Map:	Lincolnshire
Pushpin Label:	RAF Kelstern
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Lincolnshire
R1-Number:	00/00
R1-Length-F:	0
R1-Length-M:	0
R2-Number:	00/00
R2-Length-F:	0
R2-Length-M:	0
R2-Surface:	Asphalt
R3-Number:	00/00
R3-Length-F:	0
R3-Length-M:	0
R3-Surface:	Asphalt

Royal Air Force Kelstern or RAF Kelstern^[1] is a former Royal Air Force station south east of Binbrook, Lincolnshire and 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.
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.