Royal Air Force Swinderby or more simply RAF Swinderby is a former Royal Air Force station airfield opened in 1940, one of the last of the stations completed under the RAF's expansion plans started in
Former RAF Swinderby during 2008.
Haec porta moenia viri (Latin for 'This is the gate, the walls are men')
Passing out parade in November 1971.
Information board outside the new village hall, 2013.
Royal Air Force Topcliffe or RAF Topcliffe is a Royal Air Force station in North Yorkshire, England.
RAF Swinderby
…and sounds of the parade. RAF Swinderby closed on 17 December 1993, with the Joint Elementary Flying Training Squadron having previously moved to RAF Topcliffe in North Yorkshire. The following units were also here at some point…
A Grob Viking T.1, similar to the type flown by No. 645 Volunteer Gliding Squadron based at Topcliffe
Handley Page Hastings of 24 & 47 Squadrons based at Topcliffe in 1952