RAF Elsham Wolds | |||||||||||
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| Elsham, Lincolnshire in England | |||||||||||
 Memorial dedicated to those lost on operations | |||||||||||
  RAF Elsham Wolds Shown within Lincolnshire  RAF Elsham Wolds RAF Elsham Wolds (the United Kingdom) | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 53°36′23″N 000°25′19″W / 53.60639°N 0.42194°W | ||||||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force station 1941-43 13 Base 1943-47 | ||||||||||
| Code | ES[1] | ||||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||||
| Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||||
| Controlled by | RAF Bomber Command * No. 1 Group RAF | ||||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||||
| Built | 1916 | ||||||||||
| In use | 1916-1919 July 1941-1947 | ||||||||||
| Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II | ||||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||||
| Elevation | 73 metres (240 ft)[1] AMSL | ||||||||||
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Royal Air Force Elsham Wolds or more simply RAF Elsham Wolds is a former Royal Air Force station in England, which operated in the First World War and the Second World War. It is located just to the north east of the village of Elsham in north Lincolnshire.[2]
- ^ a b Falconer 2012, p. 90.
- ^ Halpenny, Bruce Barrymore Action Stations: Wartime Military Airfields of Lincolnshire and the East Midlands v. 2 - Page 90