The Wartime Memories Project - RAF Skellingthorpe

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Information. RAF Skellingthorpe opened in 1941. The standard pattern of three concrete/tarmac runways had just been constructed along with one Type B1 and two Type T2 hangers. Accommodation for airmen was in nissen huts. Today a memorial room to 50 Squadron and 61 Squadron is located at Birchwood Community Centre on Birchwood Avenue, Lincoln, on the site of the former RAF Skellingthorpe Squadrons stationed at RAF Skellingthorpe No. 50 Squadron 26 Nov 41 to 20 June 42 & 17 Oct 42 to 15 June 45 No. 61 Squadron 16 Nov 1941 to 1 Feb 44 & Nov 1943 to 1944 & 15 Apr 1944 to 16 Jun 1945 No. 619 Squadron RAAF:: Jun 1945 to 18 Jul 1945 No. 463 Squadron RAAF o Jun 1945 to 25 Sep 1945 50 Conversion Flight. 15 May 1942 to 17 Jun 1942 97 Conversion Flight 1 Sep 1942 to 7 Oct 1942 106 Conversion Flight 1 Oct 1942 to 7 Oct 1942 1485 Bombing and Gunnery Flt Aug 1943 to Nov 1943 383 MU Jun 1945 to Sep 1945 58 MU 1945 onwards Photographs If you have any Photographs you would like to share please get in touch. List of those who served at Skellingthorpe during WW2 Sgt. Kenneth George Alsopp. AG 50 Sqd. (d 8th July 1944) Flight Sergeant Ronald Battersby. nav. 61 Sqd. Read his Story Flight Sergeant Edward Boakes bomb aimer 61 Sqd. Read his Story Flying Officer William Corewyn. pilot 61 Sqd. Read his Story Sergeant John Douglas. air gunner 61 Sqd. Read his Story Sergeant Peter Earl. flt eng 61 Sqd. Read his Story P/O N.Hannah Read his story Sgt. George Albert Higgins. AG 50 Sqd. (d 8th July 1944) F/Sgt. Clifford Jackson. nav. 50 Sqd. (d 8th July 1944) Flight Sergeant Sidney James W/Op 61 Sqd. Read his Story Sgt. Edgar Charles Prytherch Lloyd. pilot 50 Sqd. (d 8th July 1944) F/S H.S.McDonald Read his story Sgt C. Alf Miners. RAAF Read his story F/Sgt. Charles Joseph O'Connor. Bomb Aim 50 Sqd. (d 8th July 1944) F/S S.E.Packard Read his story Sergeant Richard Richardson. air gunner 61 Sqd. Read his Story Sgt C.J.Scott (d. 30 April 1942) Read his story F/Sgt. Eric John Walter Stirling. W/Op 50 Sqd. (d 8th July 1944) Sgt. George Henry Tucker. flt eng. 50 Sqd. (d 8th July 1944) F/S S.Willett DFM. pilot Read his story Sgt D.A.Williams RAAF (d. 30 April 1942) Read his story If you have any names to add to this list, or any recollections or photos of those listed, please get in touch. If you have a story which you would like to share, or a website dedicated to an airfield or aircrew, please get in touch. Send an E-mail to Links Photos of Skellingthorpe Airfields Index The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation. This website is run out of our own pockets and from donations made by visitors. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small to help with the costs of keeping the site running. Or by cheque to: PO Box 325, Stockton on Tees, TS20 1XL. Website and ALL Material © Copyright MMII - All Rights Reserved