The hidden history behind 19 Lincolnshire RAF airfields from the Second World War
Some are still well known names while some have disappeared into the mists of time
The abandoned RAF North Coates as it is now with the main runway running east towards the sea During the Second World War, Lincolnshire became an important part of the allied war machine with its flat landscape proving a perfect staging ground for around 50 RAF bases during the conflict.
Such was the importance of the area to the war effort that the it was dubbed Bomber County for the large number of airfields and bases it contained.