The film "Night Bombers" remains the best known filmed record of what RAF Hemswell looked like during and just after the war, which is a colour film of Avro Lancasers at Hemswell in preparation for a raid over Germany which shows briefings, loading of bombs and the raid itself and was the only known colour film of Lancasters at war. For faster navigation, this Iframe is preloading the Wikiwand page for RAF Lindholme. During 1944, as Lancasters were then being used at Heavy Conversion Units, the Lancaster Finishing Schools were disbanded and Hemswell again took on an operational role. 0000006116 00000 n Ask them " what is the diference between a Fast jet and a Slow jet". They specialise in renovating and not demolishing any ex-military buildings resulting in the disposal of several of the buildings to different buyers over the years by private treaty. Read the Enriching the List Terms and Conditions. English bond brick with Welsh slate roof and brick stacks. The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system. You are currently a guest member, registered members receive the following benefits: Please enter a password with 6 characters or more. Register with your email address now, we can then send you an alert as soon as we add a record close matching the one you were searching for. For over 40 years the Welbeck Estate Group have specialised in the purchase of entire MOD sites, either married quarter housing estates or airfields and those also in Lincolnshire at RAF Scampton. Hemswell continued in operational flying use by RAF Bomber Command until as late as 1956. By creating an account you agree to us emailing you with newsletters and discounts, which you can switch off in your account at any time. mullions, with transoms to taller ground floor, the storey height reflecting the presence Until 2006 a private aviation museum displayed a small collection of ex-RAF aircraft on a grassed area behind the old Station Headquarters, including two Hawker Hunters, a BAC Jet Provost, a de Havilland Vampire, an English Electric Canberra and an English Electric Lightning. PLAN: rectangular main block with ground-floor mess rooms and rear dining room is attached by link corridors on each side to 'Y-plan' accommodation blocks. Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building. During the war years various squadrons were posted to Hemswell, including many Polish personnel flying Vickers Wellingtons. The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, II GV 0 31 March 1957 from Weston Zoyland. Royal Air Force Station Lindholme or more simply RAF Lindholme is a former Royal Air Force station located 3.9 miles (6.3 km) south of Thorne, South Yorkshire and 6.9 miles (11.1 km) north east of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England and was initially called RAF Hatfield Woodhouse. He was buried in the military cemetery at Venlo and later interred at Jonkerboos. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}5332N 058W / 53.54N 0.97W / 53.54; -0.97, HM Prison Lindholme is a Category C/D men's prison located near Hatfield Woodhouse in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. Kenneth Richard K. Smettem 50 Squadron (d.30th Aug 1940), Cpl. 0000003064 00000 n For more information, please see our Privacy Policy. On 4 November 2016, Historic England announced that the former Officers' Mess was to be listed with Grade II status (listing 1435888). HMP Lindholme, built on a former 40-hectare (100-acre) RAF airbase, has a three-mile perimeter fence - thought to be the longest barrier surrounding a prison in the UK. I would like any information if anyone has it please. SNCO in question is a star, wouldn't want to spoil it, but any ideas for interesting topics of conversation to the Rockapes who will be present in abundance? Search over 1 million photographs and drawings from the 1850s to the present day using our images archive. Part of the Alfred Newton and Sons collection. All Internet links/videos/pictures in here ONLY, Dictionary of Fortifications: an illustrated glossary of castles, forts & other defensive works from antiquity to the present day by John-Denis Lepage. The station is now totally civilian, however, the RAF still own the community centre and have spent considerable money refurbishing it. 11 July 1958 TO Upwood, No.2 Wing of 7 School of Recruit Training RAF, Used for follow on training for senior recruits from the Recruit Training School at nearby, Cadet Mk 3, Sedbergh and Prefect winch launched gliders. A bill issued to Ron from RAF Lindholme, May 1948. End bays to right and left gabled, that to right advanced; that to left recessed. RAF Officers Mess, formerly the 'London Aerodrome Hotel'.Dated 1917. the Royal Artillery. including Divisional and Brigade commanding officers, the organisation of the divisions right down to the battalion level along with their attached units from for example, 97 Sqn disbanded, with the personnel transferred to, No. 0000006852 00000 n 0000003287 00000 n [3], The Category C site consists of eleven wings, six of which were dormitories when the site was owned by the RAF, but which also provide some single rooms and some multi-occupancy rooms. Using an old browser means that some parts of our website might not work correctly. FLIGHT SERGEANT Served from 1970 - 2006 Served in RAF Lindholme. This event marked the last RAF use of the airfield which closed and was largely sold with the runways being broken up and used as hardcore for the extension of the A180 road. I think it would be appropriate to include this on Hangars and buildings still standing at Hemswell, Squadrons and units located at RAF Hemswell, Last edited on 27 November 2022, at 00:30, dropping of food supplies during the relief of Holland, Intermediate Range Ballistic Nuclear Missile, TSR-2 (Tactical Strike and Reconnaissance), Ugandan-Asian refugees expelled from Uganda, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RAF_Hemswell&oldid=1124031354. This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. The former RAF Officers Mess built in 1935 and opened in 1936, which was converted to a hotel in the 1980s, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: Other applications for listing are in the process[when?] 0000005352 00000 n Disbanded on 13 June 1919. Source Historic England Archive BB83/04456. Below are just some of our members who have served at RAF Lindholme. During the war a total of 122 bomber aircraft and their crews were lost on operations from Hemswell, including 38 Handley Page Hampdens, 62 Vickers Wellingtons and 22 Avro Lancasters. Lindholme is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service, and is situated in close proximity to Hatfield and Moorland prisons. Tasked with the training of night bomber pilots destined for service in France. User contributions are not fact checked and do not represent the official position of Historic England. 5 (Bomber) Group RAF with its group headquarters at St Vincents House, St Vincents Road, Grantham,[4] transferring to No. Wearing insignia earned in other services. AERODROME ROAD Read the Enriching the List Terms and Conditions. Free shipping for many products! On the reverse 'No 2 Officers' Mess RAF Kandy with "Paddy" walking along the steps Ceylon May 1946'. He is further Twice I have been booted out of a crab mess, first for not introducing myself to some old urine-head FSgt at the end of a bar (who does that nowadays) and secondly for wearing scruffy combat clothes - made the place look untidy. Lindholme was a country house and hamlet on the eastern boundary of the airfield. Dog-leg stairs with turned balusters. Hes not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy!!! This is then attached by single-bay 2-storey link to each of the accommodation blocks, which have end stacks to hipped roofs and which present symmetrical side elevations with similar fenestration and 3-light windows to flat roofed dormers: the outer elevations present 5-window facades with central tripartite window flanked by full-height canted bay windows, and the inner elevations present 9-window elevations with broad pilasters flanking central entrance bay with broad bracketed canopy over half-glazed door with flanking lights. He is responsible for the management, cleanliness, discipline and general well being of the Mess. To view this image please use Firefox, Chrome, Safari, or Edge. Use of this data is subject to Terms and Conditions. Nearby the Group had previously purchased 127 NCO married quarter site at nearby RAF Faldingworth in 1981 and the nearby Bomber Command HQ at RAF Bawtry. Replica medals can be purchased through our approved supplier Bigbury Mint. This budget does not include the costs of providing educational facilities or healthcare, which are separately funded. May or may not currently be in or around a RAF mess. Several of these aircraft appeared in background shots during filming, doubling for additional No. In 1974 RAF Lindholme became home to 643 Gliding School Air Training Corps. Royce Parrish. [14][4], Last edited on 10 February 2023, at 19:05, "Two prisons to shut in efficiency bid, MoJ says", "Prison wing at HMP Lindholme 'worst seen for years', "Most prisons are overcrowded Prison Reform Trust", "Privatisation of HMPs Hatfield, Lindholme and Moorland cancelled", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HM_Prison_Lindholme&oldid=1138634568, This page was last edited on 10 February 2023, at 19:05. The record you are viewing contains all the information available from the original source, Want to find out more about your relative's service? Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building. John Kenneth Hill 50th Squadron (d.17th April 1941), Sgt. Between 1941 and 1943 the Polish bomber squadrons (No. 301 Polish Bomber Squadron and No. This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. It became the category D unit for HMP Lindholme, to which it is adjacent. Uncle Jimmy was part of the crew of Lancaster W4919 which took off at 10:30pm and was later shot down by a night fighter at 02:33 at Bergen, four miles into Holland. Former RAF Lindholme 54 km; Former RAF Sherburn-in-Elmet 79 km; Battle of Towton, 1461 86 km; Former RAF East Moor 93 km; Wolds Top 8.7 km; Manor Golf Course 10 km; HISTORY: The mess building, designed in 1924-5, is an impressive, complete and uniquely distinctive example illustrating the early formulation of planning for the dispersal of RAF buildings from aerial attack, with splayed accommodation wings flanking the main mess block. Formed: 1938 Disbanded: 1985 . They operated winch launched Cadet Mk 3 and Sedbergh gliders conducting air experience and glider pilot training for Air Cadets. There is a caption 'Flying Officer Albert Evans 157299, 44 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer 0000003882 00000 n The annual budget for running Lindholme was 18.3 million in 2011-12, and the cost per prisoner for 2010 was 32,757. It has been said that, at the end of the film actor Richard Todd can be seen walking up the main driveway at Hemswell past Gibson House in the direction of the hangar line; this scene was in fact shot at Scampton[citation needed]. Stanley Wright 50th Squadron (d.17th April 1941). Take lots of change to use in the slot machines! He returned to the UK and in early May 1943 was at Lindholme 1656 Conversion Unit before being posted to the 101 Squadron at Holme, Spading Moor. %%EOF The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public. xI@P n|M+rqDb#'e*F1ncEZR\? Orders of Battle (ORBATS) are documents produced by the military to show the hierarchical structure, Hemswell almost uniquely amongst the wartime flying stations has retained its pre-war road layout, most of its buildings and an almost "RAF feel", despite being in private ownership. 10 main bays. Neither ASN nor the Flight Safety Foundation are responsible for the completeness or correctness of this information. If you feel this information is incomplete or incorrect, you can. All rights reserved. No. The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority. After a brief period as a bomber station it became a training station until its absorption as an operational and then training base into 5 Group, Bomber Command. Tags: aircrew; mess; military living conditions; RAF Lindholme. Find out about services offered by Historic England for funding, planning, education and research, as well as training and skill development. Use of this data is subject to Terms and Conditions. The museum closed and the collection has either been dispersed to other museums or broken up for spares and scrap. 0000006359 00000 n Archaeologist Dr David Neal discussing his illustration of the mosaic being excavated at Rutland Roman Villa with members of the University of Leicester Archaeological Services team, Bombed library in Holland House, Kensington. Tags:305 Squadron; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme Airman receiving decoration A senior officer in centre pinning decoration on a Polish sergeant pilot who is standing in line with several other airmen. 542 Operating Canberras in the Nuclear Test Sampling Role. The ORBATS data transcribed by Forces War Records has allowed us to produce this interactive map, There have also been several claims of unexplained occurrences and of ghostly music being heard, where no music should be. 150 and 170 squadrons took up residence and commenced flying bomber operations until the end of the war. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. On 19 March 1940 RAF Hemswell-based Handley Page Hampdens of No. Privacy Policy and Ordnance Survey Licence number 100024900.© British Crown and SeaZone Solutions Limited 2023. Use our map search to find more listed places. Two versions of the same image, the second Add to this record. http://web.archive.org/web/20171029224940/, http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/F-4_PHANTOM_USA/f4_phantom_US_1969.htm, http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1964.html, 92nd TFSqn /81st TFWg USAF (92nd TFSqn /81st Tactical Fighter Wingg United States Air Force), Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Operator]. Royal Air Force Station Lindholme or more simply RAF Lindholme is a former Royal Air Force station in South Yorkshire, England. In 2000, the old RAF Officers' Mess building, which had been used as a Category D prison wing, was converted into an Immigration Removal Centre . Dormers of 3 and 4 windows wide, flat topped, except xref Listing NGR: TQ2166190064. We are now on Facebook. Opened in 1936, the mess was converted to a hotel in the 1980s and is now known as Hemswell Court. [1], The station and its squadrons (61 and 144) initially formed part of No. It was used again by Bomber Command as a nuclear ballistic missile base during the Cold War and then closed to military use in 1967.[2]. Hemswell operated as a dual site with a nearby overflow airfield at RAF Ingham. Irregular composition in a mock Tudor manner. Aviation photographs categorised as Location: RAF Lindholme (EGXQ) Exact matches only A search for Aircraft Type of 'Boeing 737-500', If checked would find only 737-500s. Edgar Andrews took off from RAF Lindholme in Handley Page Hampden X2993 c/s VN-T. Mission, to bomb Berlin, but was shot down by a nightfighter near Kalbe (between Hannover and Berlin). [2] On 5 June 1985 at RAF Hemswell the entire technical site and domestic blocks including a few estates of post war NCO married quarter houses were purchased by Roger Byron-Collins' Welbeck Estate Group company First State Holdings from the Ministry of Defence. The old H Block other rank accommodation buildings on the site have now become home to one of Europe's largest antique centres and there are also various shops, the original RAF Hemswell Post Office, a garden centre, hairdresser, used book shop and several cafs. Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Served from 1986 - 1999 Served in RAF Lindholme. This information is added by users of ASN. with which you can track the progress of units throughout the course of the First World War, A contractor cutting bricks for the wall of the partially-restored wild and natural walled garden at Warley Place, Brentwood. the seperate stream for "airman aircrew" which places capable junior ranks (and direct entrants) straight into SNCO aircrew slots with the inevitable "plastic sergeant" jibe Medical appeal - one episode of depression in 2016. In June 2013 an inspection report from Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons was strongly critical of the Category D wing, and it was subsequently closed. Segmental arched entrances to gabled bays. 0000001987 00000 n During 1967 the gliders of No. After the war a variety of aircraft were stationed at Hemswell including de Havilland Mosquitos, Avro Lancasters and Avro Lincolns, English Electric Canberras with various peacetime roles undertaken including ex-prisoner-of-war repatriation, the dropping of food supplies during the relief of Holland and the Berlin Blockade, goodwill visits to foreign countries, electronic counter measures and nuclear air sampling over hydrogen bomb test sites in the Pacific and Australia. Archaeologist Dr David Neal discussing his illustration of the mosaic being excavated at Rutland Roman Villa with members of the University of Leicester Archaeological Services team, Bombed library in Holland House, Kensington. Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Listen to George's story, Sgt. HISTORY: The mess building, designed in 1924-5, is an impressive, complete and uniquely distinctive example illustrating the early formulation of planning for the dispersal of RAF buildings from aerial attack, with splayed accommodation wings flanking the main mess block. Welbeck Esate Group disposed of several of the buildings at RAF Hemswell to different buyers by private treaty. The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. Also, is it possible to trace any relatives of the other crew members? command organisation and disposition of units for particular engagements of the British Military. Read about our current news, projects and campaigns nationally and in your area. [3], During the First World War it was used as a night landing ground and two night flying training squadrons were established there. On the 8th August 1952, a Meteor MK 4 serial number RA 376, based at RAF Finningley, and was one of the aircraft used by 215 AFS (Advanced Flying School) has just taken off from the airfield for an exercise and duly crashed close to Firbeck Hall in Nottinghamshire approx 8 miles from the runway. (B=0~o| Renumbered from No 199 Sqn before arriving at Hemswell from Rochford it was tasked with the training of night bomber pilots destined for service in France. For several years the buildings were occupied by Ugandan nationals expelled from their country by Idi Amin. At one mess wives were not even permitted to check the mail rack. 626 0 obj <>stream [6] Cliffe House, that had been commandeered as the officers' mess and a number of pre-fabricated buildings, quonset huts and the brick built control tower still stand at the abandoned airfield.[7]. WARRANT OFFICER Served from 1966 - 1994 Served in RAF Lindholme. All the crew were killed on their first ever mission. John Thompson Lamb (d.17th April 1941), Sgt. This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. Ivan Styles. Links have central doorway flanked by 3-light steel casements. (d.3rd Jun 1942), P/O. 61 Squadron RAF were the first Bomber Command aircraft to drop bombs on German soil during the Second World War. Like this page to receive our updates. Source Historic England Archive BB83/04456. The report also stated that there were religious tensions at the prison, illegal drugs and alcohol were widely available, and that the needs of disabled inmates were neglected. Call everyone with a barcode on their epaulettes 'mate'. In the background a hangar. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Served from 1965 - 1971 Served in RAF Lindholme Garry Mitchell SERGEANT Served from 1962 - 1974 Served in RAF Lindholme John Webster CORPORAL Served from 1959 - 1970 Served in RAF Lindholme James Cole SAC Served from 1954 - 1956 Served in RAF Lindholme Kirk Passmore CORPORAL Served from 1958 - 1969 Served in RAF Lindholme Colin Butterworth The target was the Hrnum seaplane base on the northern Germany coast. Part of the Alfred Newton and Sons collection. TT mentioned women in the mess. - RAF Lindholme during the Second World War -. The wartime station headquarters building still stands on the new trading estate and is called Gibson House. There is an annual reunion at Hemswell and the association also publishes a bi-annual magazine. On the reverse 'Brorzek Lindholme, decorated May 1942'. 607 20 Flight Engineer F R Jones 1656 HCU (d.3rd September 1944) The Halifax bomber JD417 crashed into a hillside in North Wales while on a training flight on 3rd September, 1944, flying from RAF Lindholm. recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. to help with the costs of keeping the site running. 0000002093 00000 n If you have any unwanted Several propane gas cylinders exploded and as a result of the intensity of the fire the A631 had to be closed from Harpswell Hill to Caenby Corner.[12]. Royal Air Force Reserve of Officers (and called up for air force service) Published: Honour restored : Dowding, the Battle of Britain and the fight for freedom (2005). On reflection, I think they dispised a 28 yr old SSgt which would take them an eternity to achieve. The station was home for Hawker Hind, Hawker Audax, Avro Anson, Bristol Blenheim and Boulton Paul Overstrand aircraft in its early days. Be the first to add a photo and help showcase this place to others. photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. Explore the many ways you can help to support the incredibly rich and varied heritage. No 1 Group RAF. It may not display this or other websites correctly. for 3 with gables. white socks, burberry baseball cap and a total ignorance of both decorum and the english language. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 261046 your information is still in the queue, please do not resubmit, we are working through them as quickly as possible. I guess the other question that needs answeringbeing a bit familar with British Army Mess rules.hats on at breakfast and such.Must I take my own serviette and place it in the cute little pigeon hole or will they provide me with one? TQ29SW 5/32 RAF Hendon The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The non-profit RAF Hemswell Association's membership is open to all ranks and trades who served at Hemswell any time between 1937 and 1967. The site was originally constructed as RAF Lindholme during the Second World War to house and operate bombers. 300 Polish Bomber Squadron) used the airfield for their Wellington operations. from the opening battle at Mons to the closing stages of the Spring Offensive. %PDF-1.7 % Buildings Scheduled monuments Parks and gardens Battlefields Shipwrecks. [9], The prison has an Operational Capacity of 1,010 inmates, and this number is also the Certified National Accommodation rating for the prison,[3] which is the uncrowded capacity that provides a decent standard of accommodation for all prisoners. range; wide ground floor bay window to right of centre. 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