Page 2 - Present Day Airfield

Location of airfield

Fiskerton airfield is located 4.5 miles east of Lincoln and is situated approximately half-way
between the villages of Reepham and Fiskerton. Map ref: Ordnance Survey Sheet 121, ref 050
730. These coordinates are to the approximate centre of the airfield.
To find the airfield, follow the road towards Fiskerton from Reepham, continue down this road for
about a mile until you reach the airfield memorial on the left by the roadside. The main site is
either side of the road at this point.
For the dispersed sites, continue into Fiskerton, go straight on towards Bardney and a small public
access road is on the left on the very outskirts of the village.

Layout of airfield.

Built to a standard class ‘A’ design, ‘A’ being the pattern of three dissecting runways the main
airfield is designated Site 1.
The runways at Fiskerton were numbered as follows: Main 08-26 and Subsidiaries 05-23 and 13-
31. These figures represent the first two figures of the magnetic compass heading in degrees
needed to fly in order to land the runway chosen. For example, to land on the main runway 05-23
you would need to fly on a heading of either 050 degrees or 230 degrees, (050 + 180 = 230
opposite.)
These runways were connected by the perimeter track which was used to taxi the aircraft around
the airfield and thirty five dispersal points or hard standings were spaced around the perimeter
track and used for parking aircraft. Unless it was major work requiring a hangar, work on the
aircraft was performed at the dispersals.
From these dispersals, crews would start their Lancasters and taxi out for take-off. Site 1 also
included the technical site which was located on the South-Eastern edge of the perimeter track
and the control tower (watch office) complex which was opposite. Three hangars were used for
repairs, two between the South Eastern pert-track (a T2 and B1 hangar) and the technical site.
The third (T2 hangar) on the opposite side of the airfield on the Northern perimeter track. The T2
hangars were used by the Squadron personnel, the B1 by the resident Avro fitters to undertake
major servicing or major repairs to the airframes.

The main entrance for site 1 was from a small access road which is located at the eastern end of
Fiskerton village on the Bardney road. The operations block was situated opposite the main gate.
This road was also used for access to these dispersed sites: site 4 Communal, sites 5 to 8, ground
staff quarters and site 9 sick quarters. The WAAF's quarters was located in Fiskerton village
opposite the church and sites 10 and 11 (aircrew) quarters were located outside the village on the
Bardney road. The two remaining sites were: site 13 sewage. Located between the Bardney road
and the River Witham and site 2 bomb stores was located north of site 1.
Accommodation was for a maximum of 2,300 persons.
The outline of most of site 1(main airfield) can be identified on Ordnance Survey sheet 121. The
dispersed sites to the west of site 1 appear on the map as small coppices and an excellent aerial
view of all the sites is possible using Google Earth.