RAF Fiskerton - Ghost Stories

Once again, having to spend much of the night awake has led to the completion of this video far quicker than i thought possible

My thanks to Sue Palin for researching 49 Sqn crew details for me

RAF Fiskerton was constructed to Class A standard on the west side of Fiskerton Moor, south-east of the LNER line from Lincoln to Market Rasen.

No. Group : No 5 Group then No 1. Group Bomber Command
County: Lincolnshire
Location: 5 miles east of Lincoln.
OS Ref: 050730
Opened: January 1943
Closed: 1961
Pundit Code: FN
Tower : Demolished 1978
Runways: 3 x concrete & Tarmac
Main 08-26 at 2,000 yards and the subsidiaries, O5-23 and 13-31, both 1,400 yards in length
Hardstandings : 36 Pan type : one was lost with the erection of a T2 hangar on the north side between runway heads 23 and 26
Hangars: 2 x T2, 1 x B1
One T2 hangar was erected on the north side between runway heads 23 and 26, Another T2 and a B1 were put up near the technical site on the east side between runway heads 26 and 31, the B1 being the southernmost
Bomb Stores : To the north between runway heads 13 and 23.
Administration, technical and barracks : Most of the domestic sites were dispersed in fields close to the Fiskerton village to Stainfield road, comprising seven domestic, two communal, one WAAF and sick quarters
Population : 2,016 males and 297 females
Satellite airfield (s) Satellite for Scampton from 1944
Squadrons : No. 49, No.150, No. 550, No. 576, No 1514 Beam Approach Flight