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Foston

Decoy
County: Lincolnshire
Current Status: Farmland
Date: Opened by 21 April 1942 - 1944 (last known date 20 March)
Current Use: Disused
Used By: RAF
Decoy Type(s): QX , later Q
Decoy Number(s): 139(c)

Foston operated as the third listed decoy airfield after Tithby and Belvoir for Bottesford during World War Two. The control shelter still survives.

 

The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 31/12/2015):

  • Allington Parish Council
Parent(s)/HQ Airfield(s):

Bottesford

Associated Airfield(s):

Belvoir / Tithby

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