Spitalgate (Grantham) (Spittlegate)
| Also known as: | Grantham Aerodrome / Prince William of Gloucester Barracks / RAF Grantham / RAF Spitalgate / RAF Spittlegate / RAF Station, Grantham / RAF Station, Spitalgate / RFC Spittlegate / Spittlegate Aerodrome |
| County: | Lincolnshire |
| Current Status: | Army barracks |
| Date: | November 1916 - 30 April 1975 |
| Current Use: | Disused |
| Used By: | RAF / RFC |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/07/2013):
- Grantham GVTS
- Grantham HIVE
- Grantham Library
- Grantham Local History Society
- Grantham Museum
- Londonthorpe and Harrowby Without Parish Council
Main unit(s) present:
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No 1 FTS
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No 2 Gliding Centre
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No 3 FTS
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No 3 Group
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No 3 (Training) Group
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No 5 Gp Comms Flight
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No 6 FTS
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No 7 FTS
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No 7 Gp Comms Flight
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9th Aero Sqn
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No 11 RS
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No 11 TS
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No 12 FTS
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No 12 (P) AFU
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No 12 SFTS
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No 15 TS
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No 17 FTS
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No 20 TS
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No 21 Gp Comms Flight
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No 23 Gp Comms Flight
- No 24 (Technical Training) Group
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24th (Training) Wing
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No 29 GS
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No 29 Sqn
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No 37 TS
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No 39 Sqn
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No 39 TDS
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No 39 TS
- 43rd Aero Sqn
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No 43 Sqn
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No 44 GS
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No 49 RS
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No 49 TS
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No 50 TS
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No 70 Sqn
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No 83 Sqn
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No 86 (Canadian) RS
- No 91 Sqn
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No 100 Sqn
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No 106 Sqn
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No 113 Sqn
- No 185 Sqn
- No 202 Sqn
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No 211 Sqn
- No 421 (Fleet Spotter) Flight
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No 644 GS
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No 1536 BAT Flight
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No 1544 BAT Flight
- No 3226 Servicing Commando
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Central Gliding School
- Officer Cadet Training Unit
- RAF College
Watch Office at Spitalgate, 9 September 2010. © Richard Flagg
Footage from an RAF Pageant at Spitalgate, 1927. Courtesy of British Pathé
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