RAF Barkston Heath
Royal Air Force aerodrome near Grantham, Lincolnshire, England; parented by RAF Cranwell
Royal Air Force Barkston Heath or RAF Barkston Heath (ICAO: EGYE) is a Royal Air Force Relief Landing Ground under the command of RAF Cranwell near Grantham, Lincolnshire, England.
RAF Barkston Heath is the home of 57 Sqn's B Flight of No. 3 Flying Training School RAF (3 FTS). For a period between approximately 1995 and 2010, it operated the Slingsby T67M260 Firefly, followed by the Grob Tutor T.1 operated between 2010 and 2018.
No. 3 FTS currently provide elementary flying training for RAF and Royal Navy students on the Grob Prefect T.1. A secondary role of RAF Barkston Heath is as a Relief Landing Ground for the flying training activities at RAF Cranwell.
History
Barkston Heath was constructed in 1936 and was initially used as a satellite station for RAF Cranwell.
United States Army Air Forces use
In late 1943, Barkston Heath was made available to the United States Army Air Force's Ninth Air Force. It was earmarked for basing troop carrier units scheduled to be transferred from Sicily to participate in the forthcoming cross-Channel invasion, Operation Overlord.
The public source identifies “RAF Barkston Heath” as royal Air Force aerodrome near Grantham, Lincolnshire, England; parented by RAF Cranwell. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Barkston, Heath and Royal.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7275157. VIAF identifies the subject as 313505643. The Library of Congress control number is no2015016561. Authority coordinates are 52.962, -0.562. 3 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1995, 2010, 2018 and 1936.
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