RAF Scampton well as Lincolnshire's aviation engineering heritage and the Dambusters Raid. It is hoped the project will secure the future of the base and compliment the proposals to establish an air show at Scampton. It was hoped that the facility would be opened by 2018 in order to mark the centenary of the creation of the Royal Air Force, however that proved to be somewhat ambitious. The council's current idea is to operate the facility in tandem with continued military activity at the base. The remnants of a Roman Villa are situated to the southwest of RAF Scampton. Excavation of the
RAF Scampton Dam where, with complete disregard for his own safety, he repeated his tactics and once more drew on himself the enemy fire so that the attack could be successfully developed. In July 2009 RAF Scampton took delivery of three bronze busts depicting the station's three Victoria Cross recipients. In all there have been three gate guardians at RAF Scampton during the station's history. The first was Avro Lancaster "S-Sugar" along with the large Tallboy and Grand Slam bombs which the type had carried. In the late 1950s, as a preliminary to road widening work by Lincolnshire County Council, the Grand