Ammunition/Bomb Store

RAF COLLYWESTON

RAF Collyweston Built in 1917.

Some History to begin with RAF Collyweston was in use from 1917 to 1945 Collyweston was No.5 Training Depot.

Used in both World War One and World War Two.

RAF Collyweston was a Royal Air Force Satellite Station in Lincolnshire England.

The airfield was a satellite station of RAF Wittering and used by the Enemy Aircraft Flight (aka The RAFwaffe) during the Second World War.

Founded in 1917 as No.5 Training Depot Station, the site was renamed RAF Collyweston following the formation of the Royal Air Force, via merger of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) on 1st April 1918. The airfield was absorbed as a satellite station of RAF Wittering in 1939.

The site has so much history i could write about it all day long but i dont want to bore anyone but will add this last piece of history.

Six nuclear bomb storage bunkers, constructed in September and October 1952 and designed by the Air Ministry Works Department as part of the United Kingdom and NATO strategic airborne nuclear deterrent.

Reasons for Designation

The Nuclear Bomb Stores at RAF Wittering, built in 1952, are listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

* INTACTNESS- They are rare and complete survivals of nuclear bomb stores specifically designed for arming nuclear bombs during the Cold War and exemplify nuclear bomb storage in its earliest phase. * HISTORIC INTEREST- They are the earliest of these bunkers built on an operating airfield in Britain. RAF Wittering housed the Bomber Command Armaments School and was where the atomic bomb went operational in Britain. * LANDSCAPE- The building is a major component of the pre-eminent airfield landscape that was completely reconstructed for the deployment of Britain's principal deterrent force in the post-war years. * GROUP VALUE- They form a group with other buildings on the site which together provided the means of maintenance, preparation and delivery of nuclear weapons. Of the ten former British V-bomber bases Wittering is the only one which retains all of these elements.