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RAF Hemswell

former RAF station in Lincolnshire, England
Place Royal Air Force Station Q7275372

Facts

10 properties

Identity

Instance of
Royal Air Force station, air base[4]
Inception
1937[8]

Location

Country
United Kingdom[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 53.399°, -0.574°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Hemswell Cliff, England[1][2]

Population and size

Elevation above sea level
+54[10]
More facts +4
Dissolved, abolished or demolished
1967[9]
Historic county
Lincolnshire[11]
Item operated
PGM-17 Thor[5]
Operator
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force[6][7]
🏷️ Also known as
en HL en RAF Hemswell fa فرودگاه نیروی هوایی سلطنتی همس‌ول fa فرودگاه نیروی هوایی سلطنتی همس ول fr base aérienne militaire du Royaume-Uni fr RAF Harpswell
🔖 Identifiers · 2
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
RAF Hemswell - geograph.org.uk - 123529.jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/0g5zp7

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🔗 Connections
Located in the administrative territorial entity 2
England, Hemswell Cliff
Operator 2
Royal Air Force, Royal Flying Corps
Country 1
United Kingdom
Instance of 1
air base
Item operated 1
PGM-17 Thor
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  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 19w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → Royal Air Force station, air base
    Elevation above sea level → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+54'}
    Operator → Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 53.3989, 'lon': -0.573889}
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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