To install click the Add extension button. That's it.

The source code for the WIKI 2 extension is being checked by specialists of the Mozilla Foundation, Google, and Apple. You could also do it yourself at any point in time.

How to transfigure the Wikipedia

Would you like Wikipedia to always look as professional and up-to-date? We have created a browser extension. It will enhance any encyclopedic page you visit with the magic of the WIKI 2 technology.

Try it — you can delete it anytime.

Install in 5 seconds
4,5
Kelly Slayton
Congratulations on this excellent venture… what a great idea!
Alexander Grigorievskiy
I use WIKI 2 every day and almost forgot how the original Wikipedia looks like.
Live Statistics
English Articles
Improved in 24 Hours
Added in 24 Hours
What we do. Every page goes through several hundred of perfecting techniques; in live mode. Quite the same Wikipedia. Just better.
Great Wikipedia has got greater.
.
Leo
Newton
Brights
Milds

RAF Buckminster

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

RAF Buckminster
RFC Buckminster
Near Buckminster, Leicestershire in England
RAF Buckminster is located in Leicestershire
RAF Buckminster
RAF Buckminster
Shown within Leicestershire
Coordinates52°48′00″N 000°40′27″W / 52.80000°N 0.67417°W / 52.80000; -0.67417
TypeRoyal Air Force station
Area125 acres (51 ha)
Site information
OwnerAir Ministry (1918–1919)
The Air Board (1916–1918)
OperatorRoyal Air Force 1918–1919
Royal Flying Corps (1916–1918)
Site history
Built1916 (1916)
In use1916–1919
Airfield information
Elevation146 metres (479 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
00/00  Grass

Royal Air Force Buckminster or more simply RAF Buckminster is a former Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force station 2.25 miles (3.62 km) west of Colsterworth, Lincolnshire and 9.3 miles (15 km) north-east of Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England.

History

The base was active during the First World War, firstly with a flight of No. 38 Squadron RFC initially with the Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.12 between 1 October 1916 and November 1916 before returning on 25 May 1918 with the FE 2B & 2D versions of the Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2. The squadron had detachments at Leadenham and Stamford Aerodromes until the squadron moved to Cappelle on 31 May 1918 however the squadron depot stayed here at Buckminster until 14 August 1918 when it became No. 90 Squadron RAF.[1] The new 90 Squadron was similar to 38 Squadron since it had detachments at Leadenham and Stamford Aerodromes with the same FE 2B fighters however during September 1918 this changed when the squadron regrouped at Buckminster and was re-equipped with the Avro 504K(NF). The squadron then disbanded on 13 June 1919 here at Buckminster.[2]

The airfield then became home to an Aircraft Acceptance Park which closed in 1919 when the aerodrome was closed.[3]

Present day

There is no sign of the base today, with the site being given back over to agriculture.[4]

See also

References

Citations

  1. ^ Jefford 1988, p. 37.
  2. ^ Jefford 1988, p. 51.
  3. ^ "RAF Buckminster". RAF Lincolnshire.info. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Buckminster". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 1 February 2014.

Bibliography

  • Jefford, C G (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.
This page was last edited on 1 March 2024, at 20:07
Basis of this page is in Wikipedia. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported License. Non-text media are available under their specified licenses. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. WIKI 2 is an independent company and has no affiliation with Wikimedia Foundation.
Contact WIKI 2
Introduction
Terms of Service
Privacy Policy