Bomber County - Lest we Forget 1 Traditional Cache
Bomber County - Lest we Forget 1
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RAF Kelstern Memorial to 625 Squadron October 1943 - April 1945 "We Avenge".
This is a magnetic nano cache with logbook.
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RAF Kelstern was opened in 1917 and closed in March 1919. It repened in September 1943 and closed in May 1945. The squadrons based there were 33 Sqn: 1917; 625 Sqn: 1943 - 1945; 170 Sqn: Oct 1944.
Kelstern was established in 1917 as a night landing ground at Mill Farm in the Great War for 33 Sqn RFC during their Zeppelin hunts to cater for any fuel emergencies. It closed again in 1919. In July 1942 construction on RAF Kelstern commenced 1/2 mile to the north-east of the landing ground. In September 1943 it opened as No 12 Base substation.
RAF Kelstern is now commemorated in a small memorial stone to 625 Sqn at the corner of the road near the old airfield.
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