Royal Air Force Bardney or RAF Bardney is a former

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station located north of

Bardney Bardney is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish was 1,643 at the 2001 census increasing to 1,848 (including Southrey) at the 2011 census. The village sits on the e ...

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and east of the County town of

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. It was built as a satellite to RAF Waddington in 1943 and the airfield closed in 1963.

History

Second World War

* Opened on 13 April 1943 as home to No. 9 Squadron. * October 1944, No. 227 Squadron formed at Bardney before moving to

RAF Balderton Royal Air Force Balderton or more simply RAF Balderton was a former Royal Air Force station located south of Newark-on-Trent, sandwiched between the now extinct Great Northern Railway (GNR) Bottesford-Newark line and the A1 road in Notting ...

. * November 1944, No. 189 Squadron formed at Bardney. * 7 July 1945, No. 9 Squadron departs and the airfield is closed.

Cold War

* 1945 onwards, site is used by the

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for vehicle storage. * From 1959 to 1963, No. 106 Squadron operates as a

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unit here. The Bomber Command Film Flight Unit was formed here on 10 March 1945, before moving to

RAF Fulbeck Royal Air Force Fulbeck or more simply RAF Fulbeck is a former Royal Air Force station located east of Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire and west of Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England. The airfield is located about north-northwest of London ...

on 8 April 1945.

Current use

The control tower is currently being used by the Bardney Flyers Model Club, a model aircraft flying club. The former RAF station's hangars have been turned into warehouses.

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