RAF Manby
Former Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire, England
title: "RAF Manby" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["royal-air-force-stations-in-lincolnshire", "military-airbases-closed-in-1974", "military-airbases-established-in-1937"] description: "Former Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire, England" topic_path: "history/military" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Manby" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Former Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire, England ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | RAF Manby |
| ensign | Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg |
| ensign_size | 90px |
| partof | |
| location | Manby, Lincolnshire |
| nearest_town | |
| country | England |
| image2 | |
| coordinates | |
| pushpin_map | Lincolnshire |
| pushpin_map_caption | Shown within Lincolnshire |
| pushpin_label | RAF Manby |
| ownership | Ministry of Defence |
| operator | Royal Air Force |
| controlledby | |
| open_to_public | |
| site_other_label | |
| site_other | |
| site_area | |
| code | |
| built | |
| used | 1937– |
| height | |
| length | |
| fate | |
| battles | Second World War |
| Cold War | |
| current_commander | |
| past_commanders | |
| garrison | |
| occupants | |
| footnotes | |
| elevation | |
| r1-length | |
| h1-length | |
| airfield_other_label | |
| airfield_other | |
| :: |
| name = RAF Manby | ensign = Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg | ensign_size = 90px | native_name = | partof = | location = Manby, Lincolnshire | nearest_town = | country = England | image = | alt = | caption = | image2 = | alt2 = | caption2 = | type = | coordinates = | gridref = | image_map = | image_mapsize = | image_map_alt = | image_map_caption = | pushpin_map = Lincolnshire | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Shown within Lincolnshire | pushpin_relief = | pushpin_image = | pushpin_label = RAF Manby | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_mark = | pushpin_marksize = | ownership = Ministry of Defence | operator = Royal Air Force | controlledby = | open_to_public = | site_other_label = | site_other = | site_area = | code = | built = | used = 1937– | builder = | materials = | height = | length = | fate = | condition = | battles = Second World War Cold War | events = | current_commander = | past_commanders = | garrison = | occupants = | designations = | website = | footnotes = | IATA = | ICAO = | FAA = | TC = | LID = | GPS = | WMO = | elevation = | r1-number = | r1-length = | r1-surface = | h1-number = | h1-length = | h1-surface = | airfield_other_label = | airfield_other = Royal Air Force Manby or more simply RAF Manby is a former Royal Air Force station located in Lincolnshire, England
The following units were here at some point:
- No. 1 Air Armament School (1937–1944) absorbed by the Empire Air Armament School (1944–1949) absorbed by the RAF Flying College (1949–1962) absorbed by the RAF College of Air Warfare (1962–1974)
- No. 25 (Flying Training) Group RAF
- No. 25 Group Communication Flight RAF (Reformed 1951–1961)
- No. 2782 Squadron RAF Regiment
- Armament Synthetic Development Unit
- School of Refresher Flying (1962–1973)
References
Citations
Bibliography
References
- "Manby". [[Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust]].
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