I obtained the following from Andrew Panton on a recent visit. You may use any alignment as dictated by the wind conditions. Is Kirkby bomber airfield closed? Airfield : Operational Heavy Bomber Station.
Runways: 3x - concre. It had the usual three intersecting runways all linked by a perimeter track.
Founded by the Panton brothers to honour their brother Christopher who lost his life flying with Bomber Command in WWII this former WWII airfield at East Kirby holds an incredible collection of WWII m. Its wooden Whitley bombers were targeted on several occasions. According to ControlTowers.
East Kirkby originally functioned as a decoy airfield. It was originally a decoy airfield for RAF Manby and because it was supplied with several decoy aircraft (dummy Armstrong Whitworth Whitleys) it was bombed by the Luftwaffe several times. MEMORIAL SITE : and 6Squadron Memorial. After the war, it was used by the US Air Force Air Rescue for years.