RAF Spilsby | |||||||||||
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| Great Steeping, Lincolnshire in England | |||||||||||
 The new memorial, unveiled on 9 June 2012 | |||||||||||
  RAF Spilsby Shown within Lincolnshire  RAF Spilsby RAF Spilsby (the United Kingdom) | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 53°09′37″N 000°10′04″E / 53.16028°N 0.16778°E | ||||||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force station | ||||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force United States Air Force | ||||||||||
| Controlled by | RAF Bomber Command | ||||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||||
| Built | 1942/43 | ||||||||||
| In use | 1943 - 1946 1955 - March 1958 | ||||||||||
| Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II Cold War | ||||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||||
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Royal Air Force Spilsby or more simply RAF Spilsby is a former Royal Air Force station during the Second World War and the Cold War located in the rural village of Great Steeping, near the market town of Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England.[1]
- ^ Halpenny, Bruce Barrymore Action Stations: Wartime Military Airfields of Lincolnshire and the East Midlands v. 2 - Page 173