Royal Air Force Strubby or more simply RAF Strubby is a former Royal Air Force station north of Alford, Lincolnshire, and south east of Louth, Lincolnshire, England.
History Squadrons Squadron Equipment From To To Notes No. 144 Squadron RAF Bristol Beaufighter X 1 July 1944 3 September 1944 RAF Banff No. 227 Squadron RAF Avro Lancaster I and III 5 April 1945 8 June 1945 RAF Graveley No. 280 Squadron RAF Vickers Warwick I 1 May 1944 6 September 1944 RAF Langham Detachment at RAF Thornaby No. 404 Squadron RCAF Beaufighter X 1 July 1944 3 September 1944 RAF Davidstow Moor Detachment at RAF Davidstow Moor No. 619 Squadron RAF Lancaster I and III 28 September 1944 1 July 1945 RAF Skellingthorpe
Units No. 381 Maintenance Unit RAF (MU) No. 382 MU No. 383 MU No. 384 MU Empire Air Armament School RAF RAF College of Air Warfare RAF Flying College No. 5 Group Anti-Aircraft School No. 12 Ground Controlled Approach Unit
Current use Woodthorpe Hall Caravan and Leisure Park currently occupies a small section of the site.
Lincs AquaticsLincs Aquatics trades from one of the old hangars.
Lincolnshire Gliding Club (formerly Strubby Gliding Club) has operated from the site since 1978. Celebrations to mark the club's 40th anniversary at Strubby were held in summer 2018. Gliders here make use of long runways of both grass and asphalt surfaces. There is also a small airfield with an asphalt runway on the northern side of the site.
See also List of former Royal Air Force stations
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