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RAF Fiskerton as it was during the Second world war. The red numbers relate to 576 Squadrons
ʻAʼ Flight Line frying pan type dispersals where the squadron Lancasters were parked up. Some of
the crews Lancasters they flew in, were in part dispersed on this flight line.
They were Avro Lancasters A-Able2, B-Bravo2, C-Charlie2, D-Dog2, G-George2, F-Freddie2,
H-Harry2, I-Item2 and J-Jig2, K-King2 and H-How2.

Construction on the airfield at Fiskerton began life in early 1942, and opened in November the
same year. Only 4.5 miles east of Lincoln, the airfield was constructed to Class ʹAʹ standard on the
west side of Fiskerton Moor, south-east of the LNER line from Lincoln to Market Rasen. In order
for the new station to be built, the road from Fiskerton village to Reepham had to be closed. Two
of the main construction companies involved in building the airfield were F.G. Mintee Ltd and
Constable Hart & Co. Ltd, both of which were only involved in the later stages of construction.
A number of smaller companies were also involved in the building process, mainly in the early
stages. The normal 36 dispersals were provided, all of which were the standard frying pan type,
but one was lost with the erection of a ʻT2ʻ hangar on the north side between runway heads 23
and 26. Another ʻT2 and a ʻB1ʻ were erected near the technical site on the east side between
runway heads 26 and 31, the ʻB1ʻ being the southernmost. The bomb stores were positioned to
the north between runway heads 13 and 23.