RAF Harlaxton  | |||||||||||||||||||
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 Harlaxton Manor was requisitioned by the RAF during the Second World War as the station's officers' mess. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Flying Corps Royal Air Force | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Harlaxton, Lincolnshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||
| Built | 1916 | ||||||||||||||||||
| In use | 41 years | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 200 ft / 61 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 52°52′46″N 000°39′33″W / 52.87944°N 0.65917°W | ||||||||||||||||||
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  RAF Harlaxton Location in Lincolnshire | |||||||||||||||||||
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Operated as a satellite unit of RAF Spitalgate and later RAF Cranwell. Decommissioned and closed in 1957 Flying training establishment and later a relief landing ground for RAF Grantham (RAF Spitalgate) | |||||||||||||||||||
Royal Air Force Harlaxton or more simply RAF Harlaxton is a former Royal Air Force station near the village of Harlaxton, 3 mi (4.8 km) south west of Grantham, Lincolnshire, England. The airfield was located in a triangle of flat fields midway between Harlaxton Manor (now the University of Evansville's British campus) and the nearby village of Stroxton.
Originally constructed as a Royal Flying Corps aerodrome in November 1916 it closed between the wars, reopening in 1942 as a Royal Air Force flying training establishment until its final closure in 1957.
During the Second World War Harlaxton Manor was requisitioned by the Royal Air Force as the station's officers' mess and later to temporarily house the headquarters of the 1st Airborne Division.