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Royal Air Force Kirton in Lindsey or more simply RAF Kirton in Lindsey is a former Royal Air Force station located 15 miles (24 km) north of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. It's an RAF habit (inherited from the RFC) to name its bases after the nearest railway station, possibly to simplify the process of issuing Rail Warrants to personnel posted there. By that token, the site should be RAF Kirton Lindsey, Kirton Lindsey being the name of the nearby railway station constructed in 1849. No.255 Squadron's Operations Record Book (ORB) consistently uses that version of the name. So does the airfield's separate ORB, from the date of the site's WWII creation (15 May 1940) through to May 1941. After mid-1941 and the departure of No.255 Squadron, use of RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey begins to appear in the

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rdfs:label	RAF Kirton in Lindsey (fr) RAF Kirton in Lindsey (en)
rdfs:comment	La RAF Kirton in Lindsey (Royal Air Force Station Kirton in Lindsey) était une base de la Royal Air Force (RAF) située à Lincoln, dans le Lincolnshire. * Portail de l’aéronautique * Portail de l’histoire militaire * Portail du Royaume-Uni (fr) Royal Air Force Kirton in Lindsey or more simply RAF Kirton in Lindsey is a former Royal Air Force station located 15 miles (24 km) north of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. It's an RAF habit (inherited from the RFC) to name its bases after the nearest railway station, possibly to simplify the process of issuing Rail Warrants to personnel posted there. By that token, the site should be RAF Kirton Lindsey, Kirton Lindsey being the name of the nearby railway station constructed in 1849. No.255 Squadron's Operations Record Book (ORB) consistently uses that version of the name. So does the airfield's separate ORB, from the date of the site's WWII creation (15 May 1940) through to May 1941. After mid-1941 and the departure of No.255 Squadron, use of RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey begins to appear in the (en)
foaf:name	RAF Kirton in Lindsey (en) Rapier Barracks (en) USAAF Station 349 (en)
name	RAF Kirton in Lindsey (en) Rapier Barracks (en) USAAF Station 349 (en)
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location	Lincolnshire Scunthorpe dbr:RAF_Kirton_in_Lindsey__location__1
dcterms:subject	Kirton in Lindsey Royal Air Force stations in Lincolnshire Airfields of the VIII Fighter Command in the United Kingdom Royal Air Force stations of World War II in the United Kingdom
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