RAF Folkingham

RAF Folkingham
USAAF Station AAF-484
RAF Folkingham; USAAF Station AAF-484;
	Folkingham Airfield - 9 May 1944 with scores of gliders and C-47s about a month before D-Day.
	IATA: none; ICAO: none;
Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Royal Air Force; United States Army Air Forces
Location	Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England
Built	1943
In use	1943-1947,1959-1963
Elevation AMSL	266 ft / 81 m
Coordinates	52°51′29″N 000°26′34″W / 52.85806°N 0.44278°W
Map
	RAF Folkingham Location in Lincolnshire
Runways

47th TCS Douglas C-47A-70-DL Skytrain Serial 42–100646. This aircraft is still airworthy and is flown by the Dutch Dakota Association.

47th TCS C-47Douglas C-47A-70-DL Skytrain Serial 42-100646 taking off.

47th TCS Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando Serial 44–77541.

Royal Air Force Folkingham or RAF Folkingham is a former Royal Air Force station located south west of Folkingham, Lincolnshire and about 29 miles (47 km) due south of county town Lincoln and 112 miles (180 km) north of London, England.

Opened in 1940, it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces. During the war, it was used primarily as a troop carrier airfield for airborne units and as a subsidiary training depot of the newly formed Royal Air Force Regiment. After the war, it was placed on care and maintenance during 1947 when the RAF Regiment relocated to RAF Catterick.

During the late 1950s and early 1960s, the RAF Bomber Command used Folkingham as a PGM-17 Thor Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) base.

Today the remains of the airfield are located on private property being used as agricultural fields, with the main north–south runway acting as hardstanding for hundreds of scrapped vehicles.