Wigsley WW1
WIGSLEY: Military Landing Ground
Military users: RFC/RAF
33 [Home Defence] Sqdn (Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 then F.E.2 types. In 1918 Bristol F.2B Fighters, lastly Avro 504 fighters)
Location: Just E of Wigsley village, roughly NE of the WW2 airfield, 2nm S of the A57, 1.5nm E of the A1133, about 6.5nm W of Lincoln
Period of operation: 1916 to 1919
Site area: 35 acres 457 x 366
NOTES: Yet another example where when starting out on this project I’d automatically assume that this site and the WW2 airfield are one and the same. But apparently this is not so, although they were very close to each other. I’m often amazed though as to how history lingers on as, listed on Ordnance Survey maps even today, is a site at this location known as Airfield Pig Farm.
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