Barkston Heath

Airfield
Aerial photograph of Barkston Heath airfield looking north, the control tower and technical site are above the barrack sites at the bottom, 3 April 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/117. English Heritage (RAF Photography). eh-560.jpg RAF_3G_TUD_UK_117_RVP1_6039 Aerial photograph of Barkston Heath airfield looking north, the control tower and technical site are above the barrack sites at the bottom, 3 April 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/117. English Heritage (RAF Photography). Historic England

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Object Number - RAF_3G_TUD_UK_117_RVP1_6039 - Aerial photograph of Barkston Heath airfield looking north, the control tower and technical site are above the barrack sites at the bottom, 3 April...

Barkston Heath was established as a grass Relief Landing Ground for RAF Cranwell in 1941-43, before being developed with hard runways for RAF Bomber Command in 1943-44. It was used by the transport aircraft of the Ninth Air Force's 61st Troop Carrier Group and 349th Troop Carrier Group, before being handed back to the RAF in 1945. It is still an RAF airfield today.

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Service Numbers: 39163103 on enlisting
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 61st Troop Carrier Group
  • Service Numbers: O-789704
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot/Squadron Commander
Black and white posed headshot of man wearing a uniform of a shirt, tie and cap.  A name tag is pinned above right-side shirt pocket  The man has headphones on his head with a cord dangling on the right side.  Subject is looking right at lens and is not smiling
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 467th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 788th Bomb Squadron 859th Bomb Squadron 61st Troop Carrier Group
  • Service Numbers: 0-811070 / 32159585
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 61st Troop Carrier Group 59th Troop Carrier Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-800734
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 61st Troop Carrier Group
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
  • Unit: IX Air Force Troop Carrier Command 61st Troop Carrier Group
  • Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
  • Nicknames: Daisy

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Sources

Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / Roger Freeman, Airfields of the Ninth Then and Now (London, 1994)

Bruce Barrymore Halpenny, Action Stations 2: Military Airfields of Lincolnshire and the East Midlands (Cambridge, 1984)

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