The aircraft was later used as a "gate guard" at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire until the station closed last year. It was bought for £90,000 after a "cheeky bid" from buyer Rob Exelby, whose ...

Retired in 2012, it spent a short amount of time in storage before being selected in 2015 to stand guard, without its engine, outside RAF Scampton. The total flying time listed for the aircraft is ...

The Dambusters raid involved 19 Lancaster bombers of 617 Squadron. Each had a crew of seven. Eight failed to return. Of the ...

The United Kingdom is a country that owes its survival to many great aviation heroes of the Second World War. The Royal Air ...

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A council has confirmed it is making a formal bid to buy the RAF Scampton site after the government ditched plans to house asylum seekers at the former airbase. West Lindsey District Council said ...

Developers behind a £300m scheme to transform a former RAF station have cautiously welcomed ... In March last year, WLDC agreed a £300m deal with Scampton Holdings Limited to revive the site ...

The Royal Air Force is for the first time using the “spoils of war” captured from Argentina in the 1982 Falklands Conflict to provide aircraft and parts in front-line squadrons. A senior RAF ...

Temporary homes which were due to house asylum seekers are being removed from RAF Scampton. Plans for the site, near Lincoln, to house people seeking asylum were scrapped by the government in ...

RAF Scampton has been "left in a physical and legal mess’ after years of uncertainty, Lincoln's MP has said. Plans to house thousands of asylum seekers at the former RAF base were abandoned shortly ...