Served from 1986 - 1999 Served in RAF Lindholme. At Lindholme telephones were not generally available. Source Historic England Archive BB98/02592. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy. your memory site as George was a navigator on 576 Squadron flying out of Terms of Service apply. Each link connects to the 3-window elevation of a hipped block with similar 2-light casements. 16.09.1917 Tynemouth district, Northumberland- . Recreational and mess rooms have pilasters to moulded cornicing and panelled ceilings. TT mentioned women in the mess. In June 2013 an inspection report from Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons was strongly critical of the Category D wing, and it was subsequently closed. 1687 Bomber (Defence) Training) Flight RAF, No. We add around 200,000 new records each month. Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well-preserved body, but rather, to skid in sideways, Champagne in one hand - chocolate covered strawberries in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming 'Woohoo - What a Ride! By creating an account you agree to us emailing you with newsletters and discounts, which you can switch off in your account at any time. 150 and 170 squadrons took up residence and commenced flying bomber operations until the end of the war. for 3 with gables. %PDF-1.6 % If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Opened as a training station in 1917, Spitalgate was one of the few retained for use by the RAF after 1919. But when the TSR-2 programme was cancelled by the Labour Government of Harold Wilson in 1965, RAF Hemswell had a brief existence as a sub site of 7 School of Recruit Training whose headquarters were at RAF Swinderby. The reasoning was she might see mail addressed to another officer who might not have wanted knowledge of such correspondence to spread. No. Each missile was tipped with a one-megaton nuclear warhead, jointly controlled by the Royal Air Force and the United States Air Force under the so-called dual-key arrangements. Dated 1927, by the Air Ministry's Directorate of Works and Buildings. The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority. Home The best sport to be had is with pilot/flying officers of any branch, as they tend to be new and keen - but beware, as you might get a former ranker. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100024900.© British Crown and SeaZone Solutions Limited 2023. [11], The prison education department offers inmates opportunities to study for qualifications such as NVQs, GCSEs and A Levels in subjects including English, mathematics, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), information technology, business administration, graphic design, reprographics and printing, visual art, catering, baking, hospitality, hairdressing and barbering, industrial cleaning, construction industry training in trowel trades, plastering, painting and decorating, carpentry, plumbing, civil engineering, fork lift training, light engineering, railway engineering, horticulture, waste management, textiles, and a range of PE courses. The ORBATS data transcribed by Forces War Records has allowed us to produce this interactive map, To view this image please use Firefox, Chrome, Safari, or Edge. 3 Flight Training School moved here from Scopwick in April 1922, the remainder of the 1920s seeing intensive use of the site. Read about our current news, projects and campaigns nationally and in your area. © Crown Copyright and database right 2023. [11][1] Every year from 2009 to 2012, the state of the kitchens had been criticised in the Independent Monitoring Board annual report. For over 40 years the Welbeck Estate Group have specialised in the purchase of entire MOD sites, either married quarter housing estates or airfields and those also in Lincolnshire at RAF Scampton. RAF Officers Mess For several years the buildings were occupied by Ugandan nationals expelled from their country by Idi Amin. No. The squadron was disbanded in November 1945. On the reverse 'Brorzek Lindholme, decorated May 1942'. 0000007102 00000 n xUmL[U>IV [6] Cliffe House, that had been commandeered as the officers' mess and a number of pre-fabricated buildings, quonset huts and the brick built control tower still stand at the abandoned airfield.[7]. Hipped tiled roof to front range; red service range slated. RAF Lindholme Officers Mess had a ghost (allegedly) known as Lindholme Willie who used to walk the corridors in WWII flying kit - this was against the rules/etiquette and anyone who saw him would turn to tell him so, by which time he had disappeared. This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. Nearby the Group had previously purchased 127 NCO married quarter site at nearby RAF Faldingworth in 1981 and the nearby Bomber Command HQ at RAF Bawtry. Also acquired closeby were 110 post war NCO Married quarters at RAF Scampton. 1 Bomber Group RAF at RAF Hucknall, Nottinghamshire in June 1941.[5]. Those buildings that remained including several barrack blocks, the Sergeant's mess, Officers mess, station cinema, water tower, SHQ and guardroom etc were eventually sold by their agents, Earl and Lawrence of Lincoln by public auction which was held in one of the Mess buildings. TQ29SW 5/32 RAF Hendon [7], Lindholme holds Category C male prisoners only. endstream endobj Register with your email address now, we can then send you an alert as soon as we add a record close matching the one you were searching for. Licence number 102006.006. If W Rekszczyc stayed with this unit, this map shows where he would have fought. Source Historic England Archive BB83/04456. 607 20 01-DEC-05 Officers' Mess, former RAF Spitalgate GV II LONDONTHORPE AND HARROWBY WITHOUT 223/0/10002 PRINCE WILLIAM OF GLOUCESTER BARRACKS PLAN: rectangular main block with ground-floor mess rooms and rear dining room is attached by link corridors on each side to 'Y-plan' accommodation blocks. All rights reserved. They operated winch launched Cadet Mk 3 and Sedbergh gliders conducting air experience and glider pilot training for Air Cadets. The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. He is responsible for the management, cleanliness, discipline and general well being of the Mess. After a brief period as a bomber station it became a training station until its absorption as an operational and then training base into 5 Group, Bomber Command. The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority. 0000005352 00000 n Description of residential units In 1974 RAF Lindholme became home to 643 Gliding School Air Training Corps. The site was originally constructed as RAF Lindholme during the Second World War to house and operate bombers. 0000003064 00000 n to right bay and entertainment suite along front range with stone fireplaces and neo-Tudor No. Royal Air Force Station Lindholme or more simply RAF Lindholme is a former Royal Air Force station in South Yorkshire, England. IRC Lindholme was previously RAF Lindholme's officers' mess. 0000006852 00000 n Seeing as all the usual jokes have already been made, I'll try to answer the question properly (sorry). [4], On 14 July 2011, it was announced that the operation of HMP Lindholme would be put out to tender, accepting bids from private companies and HM Prison Service for the management of the establishment. timberwork. Part of the Alfred Newton and Sons collection. In 1935 construction began on compulsory repurchased land. The report also stated that there were religious tensions at the prison, illegal drugs and alcohol were widely available, and that the needs of disabled inmates were neglected. No. Construction of a new kitchen costing 7million was completed in April 2013, but the power supply to it was inadequate, and it was closed until 23 November, while this was rectified, at extra cost. ROYAL AIR FORCE OFFICERS MESS, Non Civil Parish - 1064754 | Historic England Home Listing Search the List List Entry Share ROYAL AIR FORCE OFFICERS MESS ROYAL AIR FORCE OFFICERS MESS, AERODROME ROAD Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Heritage Apprentices in a training session on the Researching The Historic Environment module and training in Architectural Photography. Add to this record. pilot-officer-w-d-moore-royal-air-force-raf-waterbeach Free Account Registration To view the record for W Rekszczyc you must be a Full Access Member, take the first step here. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. It has been said that, at the end of the film actor Richard Todd can be seen walking up the main driveway at Hemswell past Gibson House in the direction of the hangar line; this scene was in fact shot at Scampton[citation needed]. Historic England holds an extensive range of publications and historic collections in its public archive covering the historic environment. Hangars and buildings still standing at Hemswell, Squadrons and units located at RAF Hemswell, Last edited on 27 November 2022, at 00:30, dropping of food supplies during the relief of Holland, Intermediate Range Ballistic Nuclear Missile, TSR-2 (Tactical Strike and Reconnaissance), Ugandan-Asian refugees expelled from Uganda, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RAF_Hemswell&oldid=1124031354. to help with the costs of keeping the site running. IRC Lindholme was previously RAF Lindholme officers' mess. On reflection, I think they dispised a 28 yr old SSgt which would take them an eternity to achieve. Listed on the National Heritage List for England. [2] On 5 June 1985 at RAF Hemswell the entire technical site and domestic blocks including a few estates of post war NCO married quarter houses were purchased by Roger Byron-Collins' Welbeck Estate Group company First State Holdings from the Ministry of Defence. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public. Welbeck Esate Group disposed of several of the buildings at RAF Hemswell to different buyers by private treaty. http://web.archive.org/web/20171029224940/, http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/F-4_PHANTOM_USA/f4_phantom_US_1969.htm, http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1964.html, 92nd TFSqn /81st TFWg USAF (92nd TFSqn /81st Tactical Fighter Wingg United States Air Force), Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Operator]. She subsequently married Nigel Patrick. Disbanded on 13 June 1919. Architectural interest: it has a fine neo-Georgian composition with carefully judged proportions and good quality building materials; Interior: the interior treatment displays the spatial quality and understated refinement typical of the neo-Georgian idiom; Degree of survival: the layout, fixtures and fittings of the reception rooms in the central range survive with a high degree of intactness, and overall the external composition and configuration remains close to its original form; Historic interest: it is a well-preserved example of its type, that encapsulates the aims of the post-1934 Expansion Period in the lead up to World War II. No 1 Group RAF. Tags: aircrew; mess; military living conditions; RAF Lindholme. Find out more about Heritage Apprenticeships. [2] The last flying squadrons had departed in January of that year but RAF Hemswell was then established as a Bomber Command missile unit, maintaining and operating three PGM-17 Thor Intermediate Range Ballistic Nuclear Missile launchers of No 97 (Strategic Missile) Squadron RAF that remained at Hemswell from December 1959 to May 1963. I know that thier Seniors Mess is more pumped up than ours. Memorable stuff from your formative years. During the war a total of 122 bomber aircraft and their crews were lost on operations from Hemswell, including 38 Handley Page Hampdens, 62 Vickers Wellingtons and 22 Avro Lancasters. The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. All four crew (two in each aircraft) ejected safely. Two versions of the same image, the second Listing NGR: TQ2166190064. The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, Hes not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy!!! This copy shows the entry on 01-Mar-2023 at 18:30:29. trailer For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. The squadrons used Ingham while training and also flew operations from there whilst the runways were being laid at Hemswell in anticipation of the arrival of the heavier Avro Lancaster. It was converted to its present role in July 2000, with the addition of a dedicated gate house, reception, visits hall, sports field and activity centre. Like this page to receive our updates. He returned to the UK and in early May 1943 was at Lindholme 1656 Conversion Unit before being posted to the 101 Squadron at Holme, Spading Moor. Want to find out more about your relative's service? photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. Stanley Wright 50th Squadron (d.17th April 1941). %%EOF All Internet links/videos/pictures in here ONLY, Dictionary of Fortifications: an illustrated glossary of castles, forts & other defensive works from antiquity to the present day by John-Denis Lepage. On 4 November 2016, Historic England announced that the former Officers' Mess was to be listed with Grade II status (listing 1435888). It may not display this or other websites correctly. If I was you I'd book into a local Travel Lodge. This photo may not represent the current condition of the site. On the reverse 'No 2 Officers' Mess RAF Kandy with "Paddy" walking along the steps Ceylon May 1946'. 2. Want to know what life was like during the War? Paired stacks with arched links to hipped return elevations, and plain parallel range to rear of main block. I think it would be appropriate to include this on Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building. At the time of filming RAF Hemswell operated Avro Lincolns, very similar in design to the Lancaster. RAF Lindholme during World War 2. Aviation photographs categorised as Location: RAF Lindholme (EGXQ) Exact matches only A search for Aircraft Type of 'Boeing 737-500', If checked would find only 737-500s. [10] The prison is run by the public sector prison service, but educational services are provided by the City of Manchester College for Learning and Skills, and healthcare is provided by Nottingham NHS Trust. recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. [14][4], Last edited on 10 February 2023, at 19:05, "Two prisons to shut in efficiency bid, MoJ says", "Prison wing at HMP Lindholme 'worst seen for years', "Most prisons are overcrowded Prison Reform Trust", "Privatisation of HMPs Hatfield, Lindholme and Moorland cancelled", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HM_Prison_Lindholme&oldid=1138634568, This page was last edited on 10 February 2023, at 19:05. The station is now totally civilian, however, the RAF still own the community centre and have spent considerable money refurbishing it. INTERIOR: original joinery with panelled doors throughout. This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. including Divisional and Brigade commanding officers, the organisation of the divisions right down to the battalion level along with their attached units from for example, Search over 400,000 listed places. The site was eventually redeveloped into a private trading estate and residential area with the former estates of officers' and other ranks' married quarters becoming what is now the new civil parish and village of Hemswell Cliff. More information about RAF Lindholme. 5 (Lincolnshire) Missile Dispersal Sites located at RAF Bardney, RAF Caistor, RAF Coleby Grange and RAF Ludford Magna. 0000003882 00000 n 61 Squadron RAF were the first Bomber Command aircraft to drop bombs on German soil during the Second World War. of being made for the main site. RAF don't have traditions, they have habits. On reflection, I think they dispised a 28 yr old SSgt which would take them an eternity to achieve. [6], In April 2012, the Immigration Removal Centre was closed and converted back to a Category D prison wing. If you know of an event that doesn't appear, you can add it by clicking on the map. 431 0 obj <>stream This event marked the last RAF use of the airfield which closed and was largely sold with the runways being broken up and used as hardcore for the extension of the A180 road. Timber 305 Squadron, Sgt. Below are just some of our members who have served at RAF Lindholme. I am currently living-in at a fast-jet station, and many of the junior aircrew not only wear flying suits in the mess, but don't bother to change after work - I suspect that they think (wrongly) that the females in the bar will be impressed. Hemswell was used as a substitute for RAF Scampton in the ground-based filming of the 1954 film The Dam Busters as the wartime layout of both Scampton and Hemswell was similar in many places. I 0000002243 00000 n and timber cladding. 2 storeys plus dormers. After the war a variety of aircraft were stationed at Hemswell including de Havilland Mosquitos, Avro Lancasters and Avro Lincolns, English Electric Canberras with various peacetime roles undertaken including ex-prisoner-of-war repatriation, the dropping of food supplies during the relief of Holland and the Berlin Blockade, goodwill visits to foreign countries, electronic counter measures and nuclear air sampling over hydrogen bomb test sites in the Pacific and Australia. %PDF-1.7 % The entire technical site and domestic blocks including estates of post war married quarters were purchased by Roger Byron-Collins of Welbeck Estate Group from the Ministry of Defence in the mid 1980's. Use of this data is subject to Terms and Conditions. During the war years various squadrons were posted to Hemswell, including many Polish personnel flying Vickers Wellingtons. 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