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Manby
| Also known as: | Manby Aerodrome / RAF Manby / RAF Station, Manby |
| County: | Lincolnshire |
| Current Status: | Farmland / Offices / Showground |
| Date: | August 1938 - 1 April 1974; subsequent minor use |
| Current Use: | Disused |
| Used By: | RAF |
| Landing Surface Type(s): | Unpaved, later paved |
| Aircraft Role(s): | Trainer |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):
- American Trailers (UK) Ltd
- B&T Lighting
- Clarriots HomeCare Ltd
- East Lindsey District Council
- ETC Stores Ltd t/a Kids Party Shop
- Great and Little Carlton Parish Council
- Grimoldby & Manby Parish Council
- Intercounty Supplies
- Legbourne Parish Council
- Lincsprint
- Locksley Christian School
- Louth Library
- Lumineux
- Niche Marketing
- The Lancaster Inn
Main unit(s) present:
-
No 1 Air Armament School
-
No 25 (Flying Training) Group
-
No 25 Gp Comm Flight
- No 782 Defence Sqn
- No 2782 Sqn RAF Regiment
- Armament Synthetic Development Unit
- Empire Air Armament School
- RAF College of Air Warfare
- RAF Flying College
- School of Refresher Flying
- Station Flight, Manby
No 1 Air Armament School at Manby during the Second World War. Courtesy of New Zealand Bomber Command Association/Parker
A brochure for the sale of airfield buildings at Manby, 1987. Courtesy of Welbeck Estate Group
Guy Gibson Hall at Manby, 23 February 2003.
A hangar at Manby, 21 September 2012.
The water tower at Manby, 1 January 2013.
The Macaws aerobatic team at Manby, 1972. Courtesy of Steve Waddington
Footage of Manby, c. 2013. Courtesy of LincolnshireFindings
The former Officer’s Mess at Manby, c. 2013. Courtesy of LincolnshireFindings
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