Changes to GB-1337
2025-08-20 09:55:33
update
Moved marker 25km west. Added Wikipedia link
Changed name
from "RAF woodhall spa airfield"
to "RAF Woodhall Spa"
Changed municipality
from "East Linsdey"
to "East Linsdey, Lincolnshire"
Changed longitude_deg
from "0.18444"
to "-0.18444"
Changed home_link
from ""
to "https://www.lincstrust.org.uk/get-involved/top-reserves/woodhall-spa-airfield"
Changed wikipedia_link
from ""
to "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Woodhall_Spa"
Changed pilot_link
from ""
to "https://mapcarta.com/W160247189"
Changed keywords
from "RAF Woodhall Spa, Tattershall Thorpe, No. 617 Squadron, Dambusters, Bristol Bloodhound Missile site, Thorpe Camp Visitor Centre, Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust, RAF Coningsby satellite"
to "Tattershall Thorpe, No. 617 Squadron, Dambusters, Bristol Bloodhound Missile site, Thorpe Camp Visitor Centre, Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust, RAF Coningsby satellite"
2025-08-20 07:41:19
create
Opened Feb 1942 as satellite to RAF Coningsby Hosted 97 Sqn, 617 Sqn, later 629 & others—all into the Dambusters lore Post-WWII: Assembly point for Tiger Force, then No. 92 Maintenance Unit stored bombs here From late 1950s to 1964: Bristol Bloodhound missiles stationed here; then engine testing site into the 1980s–2000s Later: Gravel quarry, then rescued by Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust in 2015 to become Woodhall Spa Airfield Nature Reserve — now peaceful green haven with memorials