RAF North Witham | Education Video by World of Military

<p>tation HistoryThe remains of North Witham airfield can be seen within Twyford Forest, to the east of the A1 and the south of the A151, Colsterworth being the nearest village to the north-west. The airfield was built to the standard bomber pattern with three concrete runways and two T2 hangars, one on the technical site to the south-east of the airfield and the other off the north-west perimeter track. The communal and accommodation sites were dispersed to the south, around Honey Pot Lane and the bomb stores were located to the north-east of the airfield. </p><p><br></p><p> North Witham was allocated to the US Ninth Air Force and opened in the autumn of 1943 as Station 479 specifically, the IX Troop Carrier Command (TCC). The US 1st Tactical Air Depot (TAD), a major transport aircraft distribution and maintained C-47s and C-53s of the IX TCC. This also included Horsa and Hadrian assault gliders. During 1944, two Mobile Repair and Reclamation Squadrons (MRSS), 44th MRSS and the 27th MRSS, were also based at the airfield. </p><p><br></p><p> In March 1944, IX TCC Pathfinder School (PFS) arrived at the airfield from RAF Cottesmore, Rutland. The C-47s of the school were equipped with