former RAF Woodhall Spa airfield

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The former RAF Woodhall Spa airfield is a disused Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire, England, historically used as a bomber base during World War II.

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former RAF Woodhall Spa airfield canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Air Force station ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currentUse partly commercial and agricultural land ⓘ
partly nature reserve ⓘ
era 20th century military installation ⓘ
garrisonType bomber station ⓘ
gridReference TF 216595 ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus parts designated as nature reserve and heritage site ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement Coningsby ⓘ
Tattershall ⓘ
hasRunwayConfiguration three-runway layout ⓘ
hasRunwaySurface concrete ⓘ
hasType former bomber airfield ⓘ
locatedIn East Lindsey district ⓘ
England ⓘ
Lincolnshire ⓘ
locatedNear RAF Coningsby ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Air Force ⓘ
near Woodhall Spa ⓘ
notableFor association with 617 Squadron "Dambusters" ⓘ
notableRole base for precision bombing operations ⓘ
support for Dambusters-related missions ⓘ
operatedBy Royal Air Force ⓘ
ownership Ministry of Defence (historical) ⓘ
linked to: Ministry of Defence
partOf Bomber Command ⓘ
postWarUse missile site ⓘ
storage and training ⓘ
primaryAircraftType Avro Lancaster ⓘ
de Havilland Mosquito ⓘ
region East Midlands ⓘ
runwayCount 3 ⓘ
stationedUnit No. 617 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 619 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 627 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 97 Squadron RAF ⓘ
status disused ⓘ
usedDuring Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
usedFor bomber operations ⓘ

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Woodhall Spa → near → former RAF Woodhall Spa airfield ⓘ
RAF Memorial at Woodhall Spa → locatedNear → former RAF Woodhall Spa airfield ⓘ