| Located aproximately 10 miles North of Market Rasen, midway between the villages of Caistor and North Kelsey, RAF Caistor originally opened in 1941 as a fighter station.
The site contained grass runways and was essentially used as a relief landing ground for nearby Kirton in Lindsey and as a training station by RAF Cranwell. The site closed to flying in 1945 and was held as an inactive site by the MOD until 1959 when it was turned into a Thor missile base. The site finally closed in 1963 and was sold off shortly afterwards. Today the site has mostly returned to agriculture, all that remains are the concrete peri-track, a blister hanger and handful of the former squadron offices. |
Former main entrance. 700x525 |
Guard room by entrance. 700x525 |
Guard room, another view. 700x525 |
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Former squadron offices. 700x525 |
Former squadron offices, another view. 700x525 |
Eastern entrance. 700x525 |
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Western peri-track entrance. 700x525 |
Eastern peri-track entrance. 700x525 |
Aptly named! 700x525 |
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Former blister hanger (original?) 700x465 |
View south of site, entrance to former dispersed sites. 700x485 |
