Royal Air Force Kirton in Lindsey or more simply RAF Kirton in Lindsey was a Royal Air Force installation located 15 miles north of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. It appears to have been an RAF habit to name its bases after the nearest railway station, possibly to simplify the process of issuing Rail Warrants to personnel posted there. By that token, the site should be RAF Kirton Lindsey, Kirton Lindsey being the name of the nearby railway station constructed in 1849. No.255 Squadron's Operations Record Book consistently uses that version of the name. So does the airfield's separate ORB, from the date of the site's WWII creation through to May 1941. A...
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