Royal Air Force Station Wellingore or more simply RAF Wellingore is a former Royal Air Force station located south of Navenby, Lincolnshire and north west of Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England. In December, 1941, John Gillespie Magee, Jr., author of the famous aviation poem, "High Flight," took off from Wellingore on his final flight, in which he was killed.
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| - Royal Air Force Station Wellingore or more simply RAF Wellingore is a former Royal Air Force station located south of Navenby, Lincolnshire and north west of Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England. In December, 1941, John Gillespie Magee, Jr., author of the famous aviation poem, "High Flight," took off from Wellingore on his final flight, in which he was killed.
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| - Technical Site for RAF Wellingore. A Couple of buildings remain here including a power house, two large Maycrete type workshops and a blast shelter together with around 4 building bases.
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| - Jefford, C.G, MBE,BA ,RAF . RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1988. ISBN 1-84037-141-2.
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| - Royal Air Force Station Wellingore or more simply RAF Wellingore is a former Royal Air Force station located south of Navenby, Lincolnshire and north west of Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England. In December, 1941, John Gillespie Magee, Jr., author of the famous aviation poem, "High Flight," took off from Wellingore on his final flight, in which he was killed.
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