There are remnants of WWII littered all over the county of Lincolnshire, known as Bomber County. These Nissen Huts are on what was RAF Ingham, The airfield was originally constructed in 1940, as a Relief Landing Ground (RLF) and Satellite to RAF Hemswell about 5 miles to the north. In May 1942, the airfield formally became RAF Ingham with the arrival of No.300 (Masovian) Polish Sqn. In early Feb 1943, 300 Sqn returned to Hemswell, and were replaced by No.199 Sqn. In June 1943, 199 Sqn departed for RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, and were replaced by No.300 and No.305 (Ziemia Wielkopolska) Polish Sqn, from RAF Hemswell. The latter only staying until Sep 1943, when they moved to RAF Swanton Morley in Norfolk. No.300 Sqn remained as the sole custodians, until they also moved to RAF Faldingworth in Mar 1944. The airfield was closed in 1946 and returned to farming.
Whilst at RAF Ingham, all three sqns flew Vickers Wellington Mks III, IV and Xs, conducting both bombing and mine laying missions.These huts would probably have been accommodation for the personnel stationed at Ingham but as the site was reverted to agriculture in 1946 the huts now house, from what I could see this afternoon, rusting farm machinery.
@nigelrogers Hemswell and Faldingworth are both within 5 miles of where I was stood taking the picture. Hemswell flew Lancasters during the war; post war it housed Thor missiles up until their return to the US in 1963 and then Canberras. It closed in April 1974. It’s now a business park.
RAF Faldingworth was another of Lincolnshire’s bomber airfields flying Wellingtons by various Squadrons. From 1957 until its closure in the mid 1980s it housed the UKs nuclear bombs for RAF Scampton. It too is a business park, BAE have a weapons testing facility there (we often hear the explosions) and there’s a Hollywood SFX firm working out of it also, much of the last few Star Wars films SFX was filmed there (you can also still see from the roadside the large mounds, grass covered, which housed the bombs)
Swanton Morely is in North Norfolk.
RAF Faldingworth was another of Lincolnshire’s bomber airfields flying Wellingtons by various Squadrons. From 1957 until its closure in the mid 1980s it housed the UKs nuclear bombs for RAF Scampton. It too is a business park, BAE have a weapons testing facility there (we often hear the explosions) and there’s a Hollywood SFX firm working out of it also, much of the last few Star Wars films SFX was filmed there (you can also still see from the roadside the large mounds, grass covered, which housed the bombs)
Swanton Morely is in North Norfolk.