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East Kirkby (Hagnaby)

Major

Decoy

Also known as:	East Kirby (misspelling) / RAF East Kirkby / RAF Station, East Kirkby
County:	Lincolnshire
Current Status:	Farmland (main position) / Industry / Leisure activity / Museum (main position) / Public road
Date:	August 1943 - 31 December 1958 (Care & Maintenance); subsequent minor and winch launched gliding use; (decoy - Hagnaby) 1940 (earliest known date June) - closed by 7 April 1942
Current Use:	Disused
Used By:	RAF (main user) / Civil (minor and winch launched gliding use) / RAAF / USAF
Landing Surface Types:	Paved
Prominent People:	Fred Panton / Harold Panton
Aircraft Roles:	Bomber (main role) / General aviation (minor and winch launched gliding use) / Trainer
Decoy Type(s):	KQ, to Q by September 1941
Decoy Number(s):	18(a)

The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):

Main unit(s) present:

The control tower at East Kirkby, 3 November 2007. © Richard Flagg

Taxiway at the east of the airfield, looking east north east from the lane that crosses the airfield, 26 May 2008. © Richard Flagg

Taxiway at the east of the airfield, looking south, 26 May 2008. © Richard Flagg

Remains of the perimeter track at East Kirkby, 26 March 2009.

The post war USAF Fire Station at East Kirkby, 5 November 2011. © Richard Flagg

Blast Shelter at East Kirkby, 5 November 2011. © Richard Flagg

The control tower and signal square at East Kirkby, 17 February 2012.

Parent(s)/HQ Airfield(s):	Coningsby
Bomber Command Base Sub-Station(s):	Spilsby / Strubby
Decoy Airfield(s):	Sibsey (Decoy)
Associated Airfield(s):	Frithville / Sibsey (Decoy)