RAF Lindholme

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RAF Lindholme was a Royal Air Force station in South Yorkshire, England, that served as a bomber and later training airfield during the Second World War and the Cold War.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
RAF Lindholme canonical 3
Royal Air Force Lindholme 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Air Force station
aircraftOperated Avro Lancaster
Avro Manchester
Handley Page Halifax
Handley Page Hampden
Vickers Wellington
closedAsRAFStation 1980s
controlledBy No. 1 Group RAF
No. 25 Group RAF
No. 7 Group RAF
country United Kingdom
era Cold War
World War II
garrison Royal Air Force personnel
gridReference SE620020
hasAlternativeName Royal Air Force Lindholme
linked to: RAF Lindholme
hasFunction aircrew training
bomber operations
hasNearbyFacility Lindholme radio masts
hasRole bomber airfield
training airfield
hasRunwayConfiguration triangular runway layout
hostedUnit No. 1656 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF
No. 18 Operational Training Unit RAF
No. 408 Squadron RCAF
No. 50 Squadron RAF
locatedNear Doncaster
location England
South Yorkshire
nearbyCivilParish Hatfield
opened 1940
operatedBy Royal Air Force
partOf RAF Bomber Command
RAF Training Command
postwarUse home of Air Defence training
home of Air Traffic Control training
home of RAF Police training
training station
region Yorkshire and the Humber
runwaySurface concrete
subsequentUse HM Prison Lindholme
Immigration Removal Centre Lindholme
usedAs bomber station
training station
usedBy Royal Canadian Air Force
usedDuringConflict Cold War
Second World War
linked to: World War II

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

No. 50 Squadron RAF garrison RAF Lindholme
No. 304 Polish Bomber Squadron garrison RAF Lindholme
V-bomber operatedFrom RAF Lindholme
RAF Lindholme hasAlternativeName Royal Air Force Lindholme
linked to: RAF Lindholme