0000007102 00000 n 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. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Find out about services offered by Historic England for funding, planning, education and research, as well as training and skill development. 0000006359 00000 n If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 261046 your information is still in the queue, please do not resubmit, we are working through them as quickly as possible. Use of this data is subject to Terms and Conditions. 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! 0000003365 00000 n See our extensive range of expert advice to help you care for and protect historic places. Tasked with the training of night bomber pilots destined for service in France. 542 Operating Canberras in the Nuclear Test Sampling Role. 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. BCBS moved out in 1972, and RAF Lindholme became a radar installation with its hangars converted for storage, eventually being downgraded to a relief glider landing field and closing altogether shortly thereafter. A bill issued to Ron from RAF Lindholme, May 1948. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest. Read about our current news, projects and campaigns nationally and in your area. Like this page to receive our updates. 31 March 1957 from Weston Zoyland. Description of residential units Former Officers Mess This was the main Officers Mess and to the right was the annex extra rooms. INTERIOR: original joinery with panelled doors throughout. It was completely rebuilt between 1925-7. Between 1941 and 1943 the Polish bomber squadrons (No. The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. Listed on the National Heritage List for England. [11][1] Every year from 2009 to 2012, the state of the kitchens had been criticised in the Independent Monitoring Board annual report. 301 Polish Bomber Squadron and No. Call everyone with a barcode on their epaulettes 'mate'. Left Hemswell in May 1963 and its missiles were returned to America where they were used as launch vehicles in the early development of the space programme. 305 Polish Bomber Squadron, No. The airfield was used by RAF Bomber Command for 20 years between 1937[1] and 1957[2] and saw most of its operational life during the Second World War. If W Rekszczyc stayed with this unit, this map shows where he would have fought. Memorable stuff from your formative years. Served from 1986 - 1999 Served in RAF Lindholme. A group of volunteers from The Friends of Balaam's Wood Local Nature Reserve clearing brambles at Gannow Green Moated Site, New Frankley in Birmingham, Two horsemen reading The Sportsman, 30 Oct 1902, Farnborough, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire. to help with the costs of keeping the site running. Royal Air Force Reserve of Officers (and called up for air force service) Published: Honour restored : Dowding, the Battle of Britain and the fight for freedom (2005). Dated 1927, by the Air Ministry's Directorate of Works and Buildings. 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. [3], The Category C site consists of eleven wings, six of which were dormitories when the site was owned by the RAF, but which also provide some single rooms and some multi-occupancy rooms. The former station officers' mess is now known as Hemswell Court and provides an elegant venue for weddings, banqueting and conference facilities. For any other issue or if you need help, please email: Our website works best with the latest version of the browsers below, unfortunately your browser is not supported. May or may not currently be in or around a RAF mess. A contractor cutting bricks for the wall of the partially-restored wild and natural walled garden at Warley Place, Brentwood. You are currently a guest member, registered members receive the following benefits: Please enter a password with 6 characters or more. In 1935 construction began on compulsory repurchased land. . Ramon Dent. Archaeologist Dr David Neal discussing his illustration of the mosaic being excavated at Rutland Roman Villa with members of the University of Leicester Archaeological Services team, Bombed library in Holland House, Kensington. for 3 with gables. 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. photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. Royal Air Force Station Lindholme or more simply RAF Lindholme is a former Royal Air Force station in South Yorkshire, England. User contributions are not fact checked and do not represent the official position of Historic England. The site was originally constructed as RAF Lindholme during the Second World War to house and operate bombers. Hemswell operated as a dual site with a nearby overflow airfield at RAF Ingham. 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. The record you are viewing contains all the information available from the original source, The Boys at the Bar. 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, Formed: 1938 Disbanded: 1985 . Tags:305 Squadron; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme Airman receiving decoration A senior officer in centre pinning decoration on a Polish sergeant pilot who is standing in line with several other airmen. The ORBATS data transcribed by Forces War Records has allowed us to produce this interactive map, Kenneth Richard K. Smettem 50 Squadron (d.30th Aug 1940), Cpl. 10 main bays. 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. We are now on Facebook. Undocumented illegal entries and asylum seekers are a threat to national security? %PDF-1.6 % This copy shows the entry on 01-Mar-2023 at 18:30:29. The former RAF Officers Mess built in 1935 and opened in 1936, which was converted to a hotel in the 1980s, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: Other applications for listing are in the process[when?] ROYAL AIR FORCE OFFICERS MESS, AERODROME ROAD, Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Part of the Alfred Newton and Sons collection. either fully transcribed for you or as an index and attached image. IRC Lindholme was previously RAF Lindholme officers' mess. Of considerable historic importance for its central role in Graham White's Buildings Scheduled monuments Parks and gardens Battlefields Shipwrecks. %PDF-1.7 % The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority. Flight Engineer F R Jones 1656 HCU (d.3rd September 1944). RAF Hemswell was used as a substitute for RAF Scampton in all the ground-based filming of the 1954 war film The Dam Busters Contents 1 First World War 2 Second World War 3 Cold War 4 In popular culture 5 Squadrons and units located at RAF Hemswell 6 After closure 6.1 2009 fire 6.2 Listed buildings 6.2.1 Reasons for Designation 7 See also FLIGHT SERGEANT Served from 1970 - 2006 Served in RAF Lindholme. Timber Lord knows the Australian Army Officers Mess in Vietnam was a change from our standard Mess thus this should prove to be a bit of fun. 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. The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. It was located 3.9 miles south of Thorne and 6.9 miles north east of Doncaster and was initially called RAF Hatfield Woodhouse. 150 and 170 squadrons took up residence and commenced flying bomber operations until the end of the war. The crew consisted of six; five Australian, one Englishman, Flight Engineer Sergeant F R Jones. 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. Throughout the years of operation, RAF Hemswell's mascot and motto were a large weasel rearing-up on its hind legs ready to strike and the words "Bold and Tenacious" emblazoned over (or under) it. Casement windows. 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. command organisation and disposition of units for particular engagements of the British Military. 0000006852 00000 n One aircraft (64-0874) came come near Selby, North Yorkshire, and the other (64-0873, also from the 92nd TFS, 81st TFW, USAF) came down near RAF Lindholme. 0000002093 00000 n WARRANT OFFICER Served from 1966 - 1994 Served in RAF Lindholme. 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. 607 0 obj <> endobj 305 Squadron, Sgt. Lindholme was a country house and hamlet on the eastern boundary of the airfield. You'll be in much nicer surroundings and in much better company. Former RAF Lindholme 54 km; Former RAF Sherburn-in-Elmet 79 km; Battle of Towton, 1461 86 km; Former RAF East Moor 93 km; Wolds Top 8.7 km; Manor Golf Course 10 km; All four crew (two in each aircraft) ejected safely. Listed on the National Heritage List for England. 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. Find out more about Heritage Apprenticeships. Hemswell continued in operational flying use by RAF Bomber Command until as late as 1956. Using an old browser means that some parts of our website might not work correctly. 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. Licence number 102006.006. Many of the original buildings and hangars from the RAF station are still in use as prison accommodation, offices and workshops, although these have been augmented by new buildings. Below are just some of our members who have served at RAF Lindholme. . Wearing insignia earned in other services. Ground floor recessed to left of centre RAF Hemswell was also the headquarters for the No. Those buildings that remained including several barrack blocks, the Sergeant's mess, Officers mess, station cinema, water tower, SHQ and guardroom which were eventually sold by the agents, Earl and Lawrence of Lincoln by public auction which was held in one of the Mess buildings. This is then attached by single-bay 2-storey link to each of the accommodation blocks, which have end stacks to hipped roofs and which present symmetrical side elevations with similar fenestration and 3-light windows to flat roofed dormers: the outer elevations present 5-window facades with central tripartite window flanked by full-height canted bay windows, and the inner elevations present 9-window elevations with broad pilasters flanking central entrance bay with broad bracketed canopy over half-glazed door with flanking lights. 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. User contributions are not fact checked and do not represent the official position of Historic England. (d.3rd Jun 1942), P/O. Until 2006 a private aviation museum displayed a small collection of ex-RAF aircraft on a grassed area behind the old Station Headquarters, including two Hawker Hunters, a BAC Jet Provost, a de Havilland Vampire, an English Electric Canberra and an English Electric Lightning. 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]. II GV 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. The PMC (Mess President in the RN/CMC in the RAF) is appointed by the Unit CO for a period of not less than 6 months and fulfils a role similar to that of the PMC/MP in an Officers' Mess. 1 Lancaster Finishing School. It became the category D unit for HMP Lindholme, to which it is adjacent. 0000005589 00000 n 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. On reflection, I think they dispised a 28 yr old SSgt which would take them an eternity to achieve. Use our map search to find more listed places. 643 Gliding School RAF Air Training Corps (ATC) moved in from RAF Kirton in Lindsey. 0000004636 00000 n Ordnance Survey Licence number 100024900.© British Crown and SeaZone Solutions Limited 2023. [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. 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. Remembering that US Army Warrant Officers absolutely delighted in taking the mickey out of "Real Live Officers (RLO's)" in our own mess. Read the Enriching the List Terms and Conditions. endstream endobj 0000006116 00000 n It became a category D unit for HMP Lindholme. Simon Day. No. 0 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. 61 Squadron RAF were the first Bomber Command aircraft to drop bombs on German soil during the Second World War. I know that thier Seniors Mess is more pumped up than ours. Stanley Wright 50th Squadron (d.17th April 1941). Thanks to all. This page was last edited on 27 November 2022, at 00:30. range; wide ground floor bay window to right of centre. Seeing as all the usual jokes have already been made, I'll try to answer the question properly (sorry). In 2000 The old RAF Officers Mess building (which had been used as a Category D prison wing) was converted into an Immigration Removal Centre. . Welbeck Esate Group disposed of several of the buildings at RAF Hemswell to different buyers by private treaty. See our extensive range of expert advice to help you care for and protect historic places. The museum closed and the collection has either been dispersed to other museums or broken up for spares and scrap. During the war years various squadrons were posted to Hemswell, including many Polish personnel flying Vickers Wellingtons. Read the Enriching the List Terms and Conditions. Orders of Battle (ORBATS) are documents produced by the military to show the hierarchical structure, Our © Crown Copyright and database right 2023. All the crew were killed on their first ever mission. No. 2. [3], During the First World War it was used as a night landing ground and two night flying training squadrons were established there. Search over 1 million photographs and drawings from the 1850s to the present day using our images archive. CORPORAL Served from 1952 - 1955 Served in RAF . Discover and use our high-quality applied research to support the protection and management of the historic environment. By the way.I did find that a ten year old cowboy boot works miracles in communicating with a former Guards Officer I had the unfortunate luck to share life with while working. Description of residential units the Royal Artillery. 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. 0000002905 00000 n 226 Squadron RAF, died aged 22, on 12 April 1942 at RAF Hemswell, when his aircraft crash landed. For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948. Three wings are relatively new additions to the prison and are single cell occupancy. Shall be attending a course with the Crabs.any suggestions on how to conduct myself at lunch in their Mess? Buildings Scheduled monuments Parks and gardens Battlefields Shipwrecks. Irregular composition in a mock Tudor manner. On the 8th August 1952, a Meteor MK 4 serial number RA 376, based at RAF Finningley, and was one of the aircraft used by 215 AFS (Advanced Flying School) has just taken off from the airfield for an exercise and duly crashed close to Firbeck Hall in Nottinghamshire approx 8 miles from the runway. <<5A4CBD2A7077C649A0C7A722648E364B>]>> * Medal entitlement listed above is worked out using the same methodology the MOD used for issuing them, pilot-officer-w-radwanski-royal-air-force-raf-hemswell, pilot-officer-w-d-moore-royal-air-force-raf-waterbeach, Please enter your password, it must be 8 or more characters, I agree to Terms and Conditions and Privacy Statement, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Officers Service Records WWI, Many exclusive records, found only on our site, 1 on 1 Personal assistance from military photo and document experts, Access to Orbats mapping tool, allowing you to trace your WW1 ancestors steps. 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. Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. On reflection, I think they dispised a 28 yr old SSgt which would take them an eternity to achieve. 607 20 Moved to Lindholme 1 April 1974. At one mess wives were not even permitted to check the mail rack. The wartime station headquarters building still stands on the new trading estate and is called Gibson House. The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system. RAF Officers Mess, formerly the 'London Aerodrome Hotel'.Dated 1917. Listed on the National Heritage List for England. No. 439 0 obj <]>>stream The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority. [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]. In November 2013 it was announced that HMP Lindholme along with the two other contested sites in South Yorkshire, HMP Hatfield and HMP Moorland, would remain in the public sector, ending two years of uncertainty. 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. No 1 Group RAF. (B=0~o| 0000005352 00000 n The Cuban Missile Crisis brought the entire UK based Thor missile force to maximum strategic alert and readiness for a ten-day period during October and November 1962. LONDONTHORPE AND HARROWBY WITHOUT 223/0/10002 PRINCE WILLIAM OF GLOUCESTER BARRACKS Use of this data is subject to Terms and Conditions. Also acquired closeby were 110 post war NCO Married quarters at RAF Scampton. AERODROME ROAD This photo may not represent the current condition of the site. [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. 2 storeys plus dormers. 5 (Bomber) Group RAF with its group headquarters at St Vincents House, St Vincents Road, Grantham,[4] transferring to No. Replica medals can be purchased through our approved supplier Bigbury Mint. If not checked could also find 737-522, 737-548 etc. enterprise. Opened in 1936, the mess was converted to a hotel in the 1980s and is now known as Hemswell Court. The similarities between Scampton and Hemswell continue to cause confusion. H! Terracotta tiles on the roof of Saintoft Lodge, Newton-on-Rawcliffe, Ryedale, North Yorkshire. Licence number 102006.006. Find out more about Heritage Apprenticeships. For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948. RAF Officers Mess During 1944, as Lancasters were then being used at Heavy Conversion Units, the Lancaster Finishing Schools were disbanded and Hemswell again took on an operational role. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. This information is added by users of ASN. (Plans and elevations in National Monuments Record, BHM/647-57). of being made for the main site. Edgar Andrews took off from RAF Lindholme in Handley Page Hampden X2993 c/s VN-T. Mission, to bomb Berlin, but was shot down by a nightfighter near Kalbe (between Hannover and Berlin). However, the D wing was closed in 2013 because of poor care and medical issues. He had three flights before his first ops which was on the 23rd May 1943. TQ29SW 5/32 RAF Hendon 0000003064 00000 n Scenes for The Dam Busters film were filmed in various offices of the station headquarters; the front entrance, the bedrooms, ante room and dining room of the officers' mess; hangars and the NAAFI canteen with the latter used for the squadron briefing theatre scenes, as well as on the roadways within the base[citation needed]. [13] The 2014 report also commended the dedication of the catering staff, for their production of good quality food and their accommodation of dietary needs during religious festivals. [6], In April 2012, the Immigration Removal Centre was closed and converted back to a Category D prison wing. [5] Serco were about to be awarded the contract, but the decision was postponed in July 2013, to allow allegations that they had been overcharging and mismanaging other contracts within the public sector to be investigated. In 1964 the station was designated and prepared as an operational conversion unit for the expected deployment of the planned TSR-2 (Tactical Strike and Reconnaissance) aircraft. Andrejz Cierpisz CdeG. Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Be the first to add a photo and help showcase this place to others. No. [11], In August 2009 there was a large fire at one of the former RAF hangars that was being used as a plastics recycling site by AWS Eco-plastics. Royal Air Force Hemswell or more simply RAF Hemswell is a former Royal Air Force (RAF) station located 7.8 miles (12.6km) east of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England. Part of the Alfred Newton and Sons collection. of the main entertainment suite. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public. Read about our current news, projects and campaigns nationally and in your area. There have also been several claims of unexplained occurrences and of ghostly music being heard, where no music should be. At the time of filming RAF Hemswell operated Avro Lincolns, very similar in design to the Lancaster. 617 Squadron Lancasters, as the filmmakers only had three airworthy and fully-flying Lancasters available to them. Two versions of the same image, the second 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, 408 Squdron fly first operational sortees, Mancheter aircraft testing with 408 Squadron. Use our map search to find more listed places. 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