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Royal Air Force Scampton or RAF Scampton (formerly IATA: SQZ, ICAO: EGXP) is a former Royal Air Force station located adjacent to the A15 road near to the village of Scampton, Lincolnshire, and 6 miles (9.7 km) north-west of the city of Lincoln, England.
During the war, Gibson commanded 617 Squadron, which was a force made up of Lancaster bombers formed at RAF Scampton to attack dams in Germany's Ruhr Valley. Gibson, who was awarded the Victoria ...
Instead, it became a gate guardian at RAF Scampton [7] (the auction winner lent it to the RAF in exchange for them transporting and maintaining the now–grounded aircraft). The Pantons were able to subsequently buy it, with the condition that it remain at Scampton as gate guardian until 1983. In the event, it remained there until 1987. [3]
Whilst this move did not proceed as intended, 1 ACC moved to RAF Scampton in 2012 and the technical site at RAF Kirton in Lindsey was sold off, although the domestic site was retained for RAF personnel. [6] In 2018, the RAF announced that RAF Scampton would close by 2022, which would involve moving all units out of the station to other locations.
Plans by the previous government to use the Lincolnshire airbase as accommodation for asylum seekers have now been scrapped.
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London Biggin Hill, a former RAF station This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They are listed under any former county or country name which was appropriate for the duration of operation. During 1991, the RAF had several Military Emergency Diversion Aerodrome (MEDA) airfields: RAF ...
20 April 1950 RF408 of No. 230 Operational Conversion Unit RAF landed with wheels-up during an overshoot at RAF Scampton. [3] 11 May 1950 SX957 of No. 148 Squadron RAF collided with a de Havilland Vampire (VZ188) during a dummy attack 12 miles (19 km) East-North-East of Fayid, Egypt, ten killed in Lincoln and one in Vampire. [3]