Donna Nook
DONNA NOOK: Military aerodrome (RLG for NORTH COTES)
Military users: RAF Coastal Command 16 Group
206 Sqdn (Lockheed Hudsons)
Location: Adjacent to southern shore at eastern end of the Humber estuary, 12nm SE of Grimsby
Period of operation: 1936 to 1945 (some say 1950?)
Runways: NE/SW 1280 grass NW/SE 1463 grass
NOTES: I’d certainly never heard of this aerodrome before researching this 'Guide' but yet again another UK airfield with a name that could so easily be from a childrens story book.
It must have been a fairly major operation, even in 1944, with 1485 people stationed here in plus 104 WAAFs. Apparently initially a Relief Landing Ground for NORTH COATES 1936-1950. Other sources say it closed in 1945.
Terry Clark
This comment was written on: 2018-01-18 01:04:06Donna Nook was also the site of an Air to Ground weapons range which may now have closed.
Terry Clark
This comment was written on: 2018-07-14 17:18:24I don't know exactly where the airfield was but I think I've 'found' the 'range control' site for the weapons range. Go north from the marker and you see a place marked 'H Arundel & Co'; just north of this is an area with some buildings with what look like 'checkerboards' painted on the roofs together with a large tarmac area with an 'H' painted on it. The range is still in use by the RAF and USAF.
Reply from Dick Flute:
Hi Terry, Many thanks for the info. Best regards, Dick
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