Scampton Scampton Scampton is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish including Brampton and Broadholme at the 2011 census was 1,358. It is situated north from Lincoln, south-east from Gainsborough, and west from the A15 road. In the civil parish, between the village and the A15, is RAF Scampton. The airfield first opened in 1916 as Home Defence Flight Station Brattleby, becoming Scampton the following year, and then closing in 1919; it re-opened in 1936 as RAF Scampton. The Dambusters Inn on High Street contains RAF and Second World
RAF Scampton transpired that the aircraft had originally served at Scampton with 83 Squadron and was given the squadron code OL-Q "(Q-Queenie)". When 83 Sqn converted to the Lancaster MkIII in September 1943, Lancaster "Q-Queenie" was transferred to 467 Squadron who were then based at RAF Bottesford. The aircraft was subsequently re-coded PO-S "(S-Sugar)". In view of the aircraft's history the 467 Sqn codes were removed and replaced by the original 83 Sqn OL-Q code. Lancaster R5868 was dismantled at Scampton in November 1970, by personnel from No 71 MU. It was removed and is now on permanent exhibition at the Royal