RAF Coleby Grange

UK Royal Air Force airbase

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1940 — 1946

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1217-05-27T00:00:00Z

Battle of Lincoln

1141-02-02T00:00:00Z

Battle of Lincoln

1487-06-16T00:00:00Z

Battle of Stoke Field

1644-05-06T00:00:00Z

Siege of Lincoln

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Frameless

A Thor ICBM blast wall on RAF Coleby Grange - geograph.org.uk - 139761

Boothby Graffoe Heath - geograph.org.uk - 95729

Building of former R.A.F. Coleby

Derelict Watch Tower

Former RAF Coleby Grange - geograph.org.uk - 1293687

Former RAF Coleby Grange - geograph.org.uk - 1293692

Former RAF Coleby Grange - geograph.org.uk - 1293695

Pilot Officer Peter Kells, the pilot of a Blenheim Mk IF of No 29 Squadron, climbs into his cockpit at the start of another night patrol from Coleby Grange, Lincolnshire, October 1940. CH1584

RAF Coleby control tower

RAF Coleby Grange derelict Watch Office

The former control tower at RAF Coleby Grange - geograph.org.uk - 139755

Tower view - geograph.org.uk - 1293701

Type	Date	Description	Keywords	Notes	Source
link		Freebase entry@			Wikidata
link		Subterranea Britannica article@			Wikidata
conflict	1217	Battle of Lincoln	battle, google		Wikidata
conflict	1141	Battle of Lincoln	battle, google		Wikidata
conflict	1487	Battle of Stoke Field	battle, google		Wikidata
conflict	1644	Siege of Lincoln	siege, google		Wikidata
bunker		Lincoln Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters	Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters, Royal Observer Corps Sector Headquarters, bunker		Wikidata
bunker		Lincolnshire County Emergency Centre	civil defense center		Wikidata
castle	1068	Lincoln Castle	house museum, archaeological site, motte-and-bailey castle, castle, google, tripadvisor		Wikidata
castle	1130	Newark Castle	castle, archaeological site, google, tripadvisor		Wikidata
castle	1231	Tattershall Castle	house museum, archaeological site, castle, google, tripadvisor		Wikidata
museum		International Bomber Command Centre	military museum, google, tripadvisor		Wikidata
museum	2002	Museum of RAF Firefighting	military museum, tripadvisor		Wikidata
museum	1918	RAF Digby	Royal Air Force station, military museum, air base, google, tripadvisor		Wikidata
museum	1997	RAF Digby Sector Ops Room Museum	military museum, tripadvisor		Wikidata
museum	1999	RAF Wickenby Memorial Collection Museum	military museum, tripadvisor		Wikidata
image	2006	A Thor ICBM blast wall on RAF Coleby Grange - geograph.org.uk - 139761			Wikimedia
image	2005	Boothby Graffoe Heath - geograph.org.uk - 95729			Wikimedia
image	2015	Building of former R.A.F. Coleby			Wikimedia
image	2010	Derelict Watch Tower			Wikimedia
image	2009	Former RAF Coleby Grange - geograph.org.uk - 1293687			Wikimedia
image	2009	Former RAF Coleby Grange - geograph.org.uk - 1293692			Wikimedia
image	2009	Former RAF Coleby Grange - geograph.org.uk - 1293695			Wikimedia
image	1940	Pilot Officer Peter Kells, the pilot of a Blenheim Mk IF of No 29 Squadron, climbs into his cockpit at the start of another night patrol from Coleby Grange, Lincolnshire, October 1940. CH1584			Wikimedia
image	2009	RAF Coleby control tower			Wikimedia
image	2012	RAF Coleby Grange derelict Watch Office			Wikimedia
image	2006	The former control tower at RAF Coleby Grange - geograph.org.uk - 139755			Wikimedia
image	2009	Tower view - geograph.org.uk - 1293701			Wikimedia