judderman62
23-11-2009, 09:25 PM
and for my last report from this weekend we have a control tower near the village of wigsley.
this info from t'internet:
Opened: 8 Feb 1942
Closed: 1 Jul 1958
Units based here:
455 Sqn RAAF :: 8 Feb 1942 - 26 Apr 1942
50 Conversion Flight :: 5 Aug 1942 - 7 Oct 1942
combined with 83 Conversion flight in
1654 HCU :: 7 Oct 1942 - 1 Sep 1945
28 Aircrew Holding Unit :: 20 Sep 1945 - 1946
Although not strictly a Lincolnshire RAF station, RAF Wigsley sneaks in in the south-east corner of the domestic site. However more importantly it was a satellite of RAF Swinderby within Bomber Command 51 Base from 15 Mar 1943 and then 75 Base from Nov 1944.
With the departure of 455 Sqn RAAF to Coastal Command in Apr 1942, Wigsley's operational flying days had already ended and it was dedicated to operational training.
After 28 Aircrew Holding unit formed and disbanded here the airfield was retained until closure in 1958 for flying training from RAF Swinderby.
A latter-day use of the airfield was by Mr Ray Fixter in 1969 who made an attempt to fly the worlds lightest aircraft, the 'Knome' in 1969.
On with the pics
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2657/4126193872_ded7e9a50f.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2682/4126194572_eb2af4944f.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2672/4125426781_8687cee6d3.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2765/4126195656_92726b5d95.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2756/4126196274_79bf986ae9.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2749/4126196758_de8d878f29.jpg
do you like the way I framed this so the cooling towers look like they are resting on the window frame :lol:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2446/4126197430_748669943c.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2670/4126198608_0594e17e67.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2712/4125430889_9b5dbfe0e9.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2543/4125432841_de5518c689.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2777/4125433433_6a9fe66a0b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2669/4126202260_4226e1aa11.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2759/4126203432_a4f129fc77.jpg
as always if you want to see all the pics/bigger size/slideshow my photostream is here : http://www.flickr.com/photos/84462488@N00/sets/
thanks for looking at all the weekends reports
this info from t'internet:
Opened: 8 Feb 1942
Closed: 1 Jul 1958
Units based here:
455 Sqn RAAF :: 8 Feb 1942 - 26 Apr 1942
50 Conversion Flight :: 5 Aug 1942 - 7 Oct 1942
combined with 83 Conversion flight in
1654 HCU :: 7 Oct 1942 - 1 Sep 1945
28 Aircrew Holding Unit :: 20 Sep 1945 - 1946
Although not strictly a Lincolnshire RAF station, RAF Wigsley sneaks in in the south-east corner of the domestic site. However more importantly it was a satellite of RAF Swinderby within Bomber Command 51 Base from 15 Mar 1943 and then 75 Base from Nov 1944.
With the departure of 455 Sqn RAAF to Coastal Command in Apr 1942, Wigsley's operational flying days had already ended and it was dedicated to operational training.
After 28 Aircrew Holding unit formed and disbanded here the airfield was retained until closure in 1958 for flying training from RAF Swinderby.
A latter-day use of the airfield was by Mr Ray Fixter in 1969 who made an attempt to fly the worlds lightest aircraft, the 'Knome' in 1969.
On with the pics
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2657/4126193872_ded7e9a50f.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2682/4126194572_eb2af4944f.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2672/4125426781_8687cee6d3.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2765/4126195656_92726b5d95.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2756/4126196274_79bf986ae9.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2749/4126196758_de8d878f29.jpg
do you like the way I framed this so the cooling towers look like they are resting on the window frame :lol:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2446/4126197430_748669943c.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2670/4126198608_0594e17e67.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2712/4125430889_9b5dbfe0e9.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2543/4125432841_de5518c689.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2777/4125433433_6a9fe66a0b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2669/4126202260_4226e1aa11.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2759/4126203432_a4f129fc77.jpg
as always if you want to see all the pics/bigger size/slideshow my photostream is here : http://www.flickr.com/photos/84462488@N00/sets/
thanks for looking at all the weekends reports