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gptkb:Royal_Air_Force_station
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2014
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EGXQ
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gptkbp:elevation
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40 m
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gptkbp:location
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Kirton in Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England
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gptkbp:nearestCity
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gptkb:Scunthorpe
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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Final closure in 2014
Handed over to British Army in 1966
Home to No. 1 Initial Training School in WWII
Returned to RAF in 2004
Used by USAAF 94th Fighter Squadron in WWII
Used for glider training post-WWII
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gptkbp:opened
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1916
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gptkbp:operatedBy
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gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
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SK935980
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gptkb:Ministry_of_Defence
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gptkbp:runwaySurface
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gptkb:grass
Concrete
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gptkbp:status
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Closed
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gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkb:Royal_Flying_Corps
gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
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gptkb:No._616_Squadron_RAF
gptkb:No._85_Squadron_RAF
gptkb:No._7_Flying_Training_School
gptkb:Royal_Air_Force_Volunteer_Reserve
gptkb:No._264_Squadron_RAF
gptkb:No._71_Squadron_RAF
gptkb:No._53_Operational_Training_Unit
No. 2 Initial Training School
No. 255 Squadron RAF
No. 1 Initial Training School
No. 1 Air Armament School
No. 1481 (Bomber) Gunnery Flight
No. 1481 (Fighter) Gunnery Flight
No. 1481 Target Towing and Gunnery Flight
No. 16 Flying Training School
No. 1662 Heavy Conversion Unit
No. 255 Maintenance Unit
No. 643 Volunteer Gliding Squadron
No. 7 Initial Training School
No. 7 Service Flying Training School
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gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:First_World_War
gptkb:Second_World_War
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gptkb:No._605_Squadron_RAF
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey
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