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RAF Fulbeck - USAAF Station 488
RAF Fulbeck was Fulbeck was located three mile west of Fulbeck Felton. The land was requisitioned as a grass strip relief landing ground for RAF Cranwell and Barkston Heath in 1940. Building work to transform it into a bomber airfield began in February 1942, becoming fully operational in December. The base was used for training until it was transferred to the USAAF in August 1943 becoming Station 488. In late September 1944 Fulbeck returned to RAF control and 5 Group flew ops until the end of the war. The airfield became home to a maintenance unit and closed in 1970 and some buildings and infrastructure remains. A memorial was erected at the location of the main gates in 1988.
Squadrons based at RAF Fulbeck - USAAF Station 488 during the Second World War.
- 5 Group Air Bomber Training Flight, Aug 1942 to unknown date.
- 1506 Blind Approach Training Flight, May to August 1943.
- 434th TCG USAAF, October to December 1943.
- 442nd TCG USAAF, March to June 1944.
- 440th TCG USAAF, August to September 1944.
- No.49 Squadron, October 1944 to April 1945.
- No.189 Squadron, November 1944 to April 1945.
- No.255 Maintenance Unit, April 1945 onwards
16th Oct 1944
29th Oct 1944 49 Squadron Lancaster lost
1st November 1944 New Squadron's first op
2nd November 1944 Squadron relocated
22nd Nov 1944 49 Squadron Lancaster lost
26th November 1944 Crashed on take off
1st Dec 1944 Stand Down
2nd Dec 1944 Operations Cancelled
3rd Dec 1944 Stand Down
4th Dec 1944 Target Heilbronn
5th December 1944 Operations Cancelled
6th December 1944 Target Giessen
7th December 1944 Operations cancelled
8th December 1944 Target Heimbach. (Dam)
9th December 1944 Stand Down
10th December 1944 Operations cancelled
11th December 1944 Target Heimbach
12th December 1944 Detailed for operations
13th December 1944 Operations cancelled
14th December 1944 Operations cancelled
15th December 1944 Operations cancelled
16th December 1944 Operations cancelled
17th December 1944 Target Munich
18th December 1944 Target Gdynia
19th December 1944 Operations cancelled
20th December 1944 Stand down
26th December 1944 Operations cancelled
21st December 1944 Target Politz
22nd December 1944 Stand down
23rd December 1944 Stand down
24th December 1944 Stand down
25th December 1944 Stand down
26th Dec 1944 Fog
27th December 1944 Operations cancelled
28th December 1944 Target Horten
29th December 1944 Delayed operation
30th December 1944 Target Houffalize
31st December 1944 Stand down
5th January 1945 Lancasters collide over France
2nd February 1945 4 Rear Gunners survive Lancaster crashes.
10th February 1945 Hurricane and Lancaster collide
15th February 1945 Lancaster missing
21st February 1945 Rear gunner survived
4th March 1945 Two Lancasters lost
7th March 1945 Three Lancasters lost
14th March 1945 Lancaster lost
17th Mar 1945 49 Squadron Lancaster lost
21st March 1945 Lancaster missing
7th April 1945 Lancasters relocated
22 April 1945
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