RAF Faldingworth

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RAF Faldingworth was an airfield used by RAF Bomber Command during and after World War II. It was located close to the village of Faldingworth in Lincolnshire. It was used during the war by number 300 (Polish) Squadron and a memorial is now in place to them at the end of the main runway.

Faldingworth entered service life as Toft Grange decoy airfield and later as a satellite airfield of RAF Lindholme. Late in 1943 it became a satellite of RAF Ludford Magna.

After the war the base was used for storage of weapons. It closed in 1972 and was later used by BMARC as a weapons test site. BAe Systems currently use part of the base for this purpose and recently caused panic to residents up to 10 miles away by detonating very loud bombs (and believe me, they were loud!).