RAF North Witham

RAF North Witham
USAAF Station AAF-479
North Witham, Lincolnshire, in England
North Witham airfield, 19 March 1944. Note the cluster of hangars in the technical site, to the northwest of the airfield, and the dispersed T-2 hangar, on the southeast side of the airfield.
RAF North Witham is located in Lincolnshire
RAF North Witham
Shown within Lincolnshire
Coordinates52°47′35″N 000°35′53″W / 52.79306°N 0.59806°W / 52.79306; -0.59806
TypeMilitary airfield
CodeNW
Site information
OperatorRoyal Air Force
United States Army Air Forces
Controlled byNinth Air Force
RAF Maintenance Command
Site history
Built1942
In use1943-1956
Battles/warsEuropean Theatre of World War II
Air Offensive, Europe July 1942 - May 1945
Garrison information
Occupants1st Tactical Air Depot
IX Troop Carrier Pathfinder Group (Provisional)

Royal Air Force North Witham or more simply RAF North Witham is a former Royal Air Force station located in Twyford Wood, off the A1 between Stamford and Grantham, Lincolnshire, England about 104 miles (167 km) north-northwest of London.

The site opened in 1943 during the Second World War and used both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces, initially as transport airfield then for miscellaneous uses, before closing in 1956. Today the remains of the airfield are mostly woodland maintained by the Forestry Commission with the old concrete runways still accessible.