History of Lincolnshire the RAF Officer Training College after the formation of the RAF in April 1918. RAF Swinderby was a Polish-manned RAF station and from 1964, the RAF's main Recruit Training Camp. RAF Scampton, was the home base of 617 Squadron. Lincolnshire still has the strongest claim to being the 'home' of RAF Bomber Command, playing host to many squadrons, including the Lancaster bombers of the famous 617 "Dambusters" squadron who were based at RAF Scampton. There were two Bomber Groups based in the county – No. 1 in the north and No. 5 Group in the centre and south. The Battle
RAF Tatenhill a number of frying pan dispersals were built on land to the north of the B5234 road, with hangars in this area too. The airfield remains in use as Tatenhill Airfield. A wartime Bellman hangar remains in use as of 2013. RAF Tatenhill RAF Tatenhill is a former Royal Air Force satellite airfield in Tatenhill, Staffordshire, England, west of Burton on Trent. It was originally known as "RAF Crossplains". The field was built in 1941 as a satellite for No. 27 Operational Training Unit RAF (OTU) at RAF Lichfield later becoming a satellite airfield for RAF Wheaton Aston. The design