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Coleby Grange

Major
Also known as: Coleby / Coleby Grange Aerodrome / RAF Coleby Grange / USAAF Station 428
County: Lincolnshire
Current Status: Farmland (main position) / Public road
Date: 1930s - 1963
Current Use: Disused
Used By: RAF (main user) / RAF (Polish) / RCAF
Landing Surface Types: Unpaved
Aircraft Roles: Anti-aircraft co-operation / Fighter (main role) / Missile (main role) / Trainer (main role)

The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):

  • Boothby Graffoe Parish Meeting
  • Coleby Parish Council
  • J H Baxter & Sons

Main unit(s) present:

  • No 17 SFTS

  • No 19 FTS

  • No 68 Sqn

  • No 107 EGS / E107 EGS

  • No 107 GS

  • No 142 Sqn

  • No 253 Sqn

  • No 264 Sqn

  • No 288 Sqn

  • No 307 Sqn

  • No 402 Sqn

  • No 409 Sqn

  • No 410 Sqn

  • No 1515 BAT Flight

001Control Tower : Watch Office for Night Fighter Stations and Fighter Signalling Penthouse - 30 June 2007.png

The control tower at Coleby Grange, 30 June 2007. © Richard Flagg

002Control Tower : Watch Office for Night Fighter Stations and Fighter Signalling Penthouse 2 - 30 June 2007.png

The control tower at Coleby Grange, 30 June 2007. © Richard Flagg

003Taxiway at the south of the airfield. Looking south west from Heath Lane - 30 June 2007.png

Taxiway at the south of the airfield, looking south west from Heath Lane, 30 June 2007. © Richard Flagg

004Taxiway at the east of the airfield. Looking north from near the control tower - 30 June 2007.png

Taxiway at the east of the airfield, looking north from near the control tower, 30 June 2007. © Richard Flagg

005Taxiway at the east of the airfield. Looking south from near the control tower - 30 June 2007.png

Taxiway at the east of the airfield, looking south from near the control tower, 30 June 2007. © Richard Flagg

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Part of the perimeter track at Coleby Grange, 18 September 2008.

Parent(s)/HQ Airfield(s):

Cranwell

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