Toooooo easy! Digby

Hmm… it was a bit too easy that wasn’t it!

#261 Folkingham

Yes it’s Folkingham. Until I started looking, I had no idea there were so many Thor sites in the county!

I think this will be another easy one. Coincidentally it’s another Thor site, which narrows it down a bit, but what’s interesting here is the bomb craters across the runway – what’s the story there?

Dean.

Dean – another Memory Map user, eh?

Yes, it’s an excellent program, especially with the aerial photos.

#241 is a bit of a poser, I haven’t got a clue at the moment. Can’t stay on here long tonight, so here’s another to keep you going.

Dean.

(Dean – you’re in Bomber County=East Mids, so you’re bound to know!)…

I only knew because I’d seen it the other night, flying round the area on memory map looking for obscure airfields ;). It’s a little too far south for me to be familiar with – I’m in Grimsby; which I still class as being in Lincolnshire – it was when I was born! Then they created South Humberside :mad:. And now we’re in North East Lincolnshire :(. But at least we’ve got ‘Lincolnshire’ back into the county name now… rant over! Back to the thread – interesting pic. Why on earth did they put it there and not on the land to the NW?

Dean.

#226 – Donna Nook? If so there was no runway just a peritrack, part of which still exists. Re #224, it’s not far from Wellingore.

Yes, it is Donna Nook. OK on the peritrack; I read that 206 Sqdn. were based there for a short time and assumed there’d been a runway, sorry about that.

#224 – A sneaky one that! Wouldn’t have got it without the clue – RFC Leadenham?

Dean.

Difficult one! I’m a big Lightning fan, but purely on looks I’m going to have to agree with the Hunter aficionados on here, with the Lightning a VERY close second. I’ve always liked the Gnat as well. Nick Mason’s ‘Yellowjack’ Gnat put on a display at Old Warden several years ago – that looked stunning against the clear blue sky, using it’s smoke system; whatever happened to it?

Dean.

Here’s another.

Dean & Webpilot – Yes, it’s Kelstern. Well done. So is Dean’s aerial photo.

It was, apparently an experiment in hauling Lincolns sideways into T2 hangars. IIRC something to do with wingspan and max door width. The rails are actually from the Grimsby tram network and were ‘surplus’.

I think there must have been something subliminal going on when I chose that one 😮 ; I really couldn’t think where that system had been trialled. If I find the article, I’ll post it on here, it makes interesting reading.

Here’s another.

Dean.