Folkingham USAAF February 1944 | Education Video by World of Military

<p>The remains of Folkingham airfield lie 2.5 miles south-west of Folkingham village. The remote site was first used by the military from 1940, when it was a decoy 'Q' site for Grantham. Originally intended as an RAF station it was transferred to the US Ninth Air Force, becoming Station 484. The airfield opened in January 1944 and was built to Class 'A' standard. Two T2 hangars were provided, one off the western perimeter track and the other within the technical site to the north-east. The communal and accommodation sites were dispersed in fields behind the technical site and bomb stores were located in woodland south-east of the airfield. </p><p><br></p><p> The usual USAAF practice was to base a group, comprising of up to four squadrons, at an individual airfield. This meant significantly more aircraft were based at a single station than at a normal British airfield, where the majority housed up to two squadrons. Consequently, airfields built for the Americans had more aircraft dispersals and Folkingham was no exception, having fifty loop types. The headquarters personnel of the 313th TCG arrived along with a single squadron of C-47s at Folkingham in February 1944, with a further