Caistor
Major
| Also known as: | Caistor Aerodrome / RAF Caistor / RAF Station, Caistor |
| County: | Lincolnshire |
| Current Status: | Farmland |
| Date: | September 1940 - May 1963 |
| Current Use: | Disused |
| Used By: | RAF |
| Landing Surface Types: | Unpaved |
| Aircraft Roles: | Fighter / Missile (main role) / Trainer (main role) |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):
- Caistor Town Council
- Cherry Valley Farms Ltd
- North Kelsey Parish Council
The following alternative information/mass media sources have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 30/11/2018):
- Caistor Heritage
Main unit(s) present:
- No 1 Air Armament School
- No 15 (P) AFU
- No 17 SFTS
- No 53 OTU
- No 85 Sqn
- No 93 MU
- No 233 MU
- No 264 Sqn
- No 269 Sqn
- RAF College SFTS
A Blister hangar at Caistor, 21 May 2010. © Richard Flagg
Interior of the Blister hangar at Caistor, 21 May 2010. © Richard Flagg
A sleeping shelter at Caistor, 21 May 2010. © Richard Flagg
Interior of the sleeping shelter at Caistor, 21 May 2010. © Richard Flagg
Aerial view of Caistor, 13 May 2019.
Remains of a Thor missile installation at Caistor, 8 September 2019.
| Parent(s)/HQ Airfield(s): | Cranwell / Leconfield / Manby |