RAF Scampton site and its subsequent documentation were undertaken for Channel 4 television's "Time Team" programme. 1991 In May 1991 RAF Scampton was the venue for a BBC broadcast of "Friday Night is Music Night," set to coincide with the anniversary of the Dambuster's Raid. The transmission was from No 1 Hangar and of added interest was the arrival of a British Airways Boeing 747-400 "(G-BNLT)". The aircraft, a new addition to the British Airways fleet, had been named "City of Lincoln" in a ceremony held at RAF Coningsby after which it was flown to RAF Scampton. "City of Lincoln" is the
RAF Scampton Sqn, 21 Sqn and 27 Sqn. The Canberras moved out in 1955 when the station was earmarked as a V-bomber base. RAF Scampton was selected to be one of ten airfields which were to accommodate part of the RAF V-force, in the case of Scampton, the Avro Vulcan. This required extensive new ground facilities, including a high security area for the storage and maintenance of nuclear weapons and heavy-duty hardstandings for the aircraft. The first nuclear weapons to be delivered to Scampton arrived during 1958 and comprised twenty kiloton (20kt) atomic bombs given the Rainbow Code, Blue Danube. They were