FSX – RAF Barkston Heath 1944, Lincolnshire, England. Royal Air Force Barkston Heath (ICAO: EGYE) is a Royal Air Force station near Grantham, Lincolnshire, England.
At the time of its construction, Barkston Heath in common with a number of other airfields in the Grantham area had been planned for the RAF’s No. 7 Group. In late 1943, Barkston Heath was made available to the United States Army Air Forces Ninth Air Force and designated as USAAF station 483. It was earmarked for basing troop carrier units scheduled to be transferred from Sicily to participate in the forthcoming cross-Channel invasion, Operation “Overlord”.
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