Strubby Airfield

Strubby was built as a satellite field to East Kirkby. It was the closest Lincolnshire airfield to Europe but was built fairly late in the war, the first aircraft arriving in April 1944. After ASR duties in support of D-Day it became a Beaufighter base before Bomber Command Lancasters arrived in September 1944. 65 Strubby Lancasters were lost on ops by war's end. The airfield continued to be used after the war until being sold off in 1980 although gliders still use the field and part of the old perimeter track is now a runway for light aircraft. A cart track uses part of the airfield and an original hangar has become a large aquatics centre but many old buildings still survive. Some are in use but most are looking a bit sad.