RAF Strubby | |
Type: | Military |
Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
Operator: | Royal Air Force |
Location: | Strubby, Lincolnshire |
Used: | 1943- |
Elevation-F: | 12m (39feet) |
Elevation-M: | 12 |
Coordinates: | 53.3039°N 0.1667°W |
Pushpin Map: | Lincolnshire |
Pushpin Label: | RAF Strubby |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Lincolnshire |
R1-Number: | 08/26 |
R1-Length-F: | 1,990 |
R1-Length-M: | 605 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
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Royal Air Force Strubby or more simply RAF Strubby is a former Royal Air Force station north of Alford, Lincolnshire, and south east of Louth, Lincolnshire, England.
Squadron | Equipment | From | To | To | Notes | |
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Bristol Beaufighter X | 1 July 1944 | 3 September 1944 | ||||
Avro Lancaster I and III | 5 April 1945 | 8 June 1945 | ||||
Vickers Warwick I | 1 May 1944 | 6 September 1944 | Detachment at RAF Thornaby | |||
Beaufighter X | 1 July 1944 | 3 September 1944 | Detachment at RAF Davidstow Moor | |||
Lancaster I and III | 28 September 1944 | 1 July 1945 |
Woodthorpe Hall Caravan and Leisure Park currently occupies a small section of the site.[3]
Lincs Aquatics[4] trades from one of the old hangars.
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.[5] There is also a small airfield with an asphalt runway on the northern side of the site.[6]