RAF Caistor. | Education Video by World of Military

<p></p><p>RAF Caistor was a grass-surfaced airfield and served it's time during the war as a Relief Landing Ground (RLG) for a number of stations in the area. It had four grass landing strips of varying lengths, they ranged between 1100 yards to 1450 yards. The airfield opened on the 6th September 1940.</p><p>WWII</p><p>After the airfield was officially opened it was immediately used as a satellite of RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey, under the control of 12 Group, Fighter Command. Within only a few days, the station was to receive its first residents, in the form of ‘A’ Flight, No.264 Squadron on the 12th September. With the arrival of the squadron, came the first aircraft to the station, the Boulton Paul Defiants. The day after their arrival, No.264 Sqdn were pressed in to action, but under the strict orders of only operating at night. But their stay at the airfield was short lived, and on the 23rd October 1940, they left the airfield. October 1940 also saw the short visit of ‘A’ Flight, No.85 Squadron for daylight training. But after only a few short weeks, they left the airfield taking with them their Hawker Hurricane aircraft. </p><p></p><p> All was quiet at the station until the 15th Ma