page_title: RAF Metheringham
hierarchical_section_title: RAF Metheringham
caption_attribution_description: English: Former RAF Metheringham. The old Southwest/Northeast runway is now a minor road over Blankney Barff and down to the fens. Looking northeast. http://www.raf-lincolnshire.info/metheringham/metheringham.htm
context_page_description: Royal Air Force Metheringham or more simply RAF Metheringham is a former Royal Air Force station situated between the villages of Metheringham and Martin and 12.1 mi south east of the county town Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.
  Operated as a bomber airfield during the Second World War the station opened in October 1943 and was decommissioned in the spring of 1946.
  Although now mostly returned to agricultural and commercial uses the site retains one original runway, the eastern perimeter track and some contemporary buildings together with a No. 106 Squadron RAF memorial garden and a visitor centre.
context_section_description: Royal Air Force Metheringham or more simply RAF Metheringham is a former Royal Air Force station situated between the villages of Metheringham and Martin and 12.1 mi (19.5 km) south east of the county town Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.
  Operated as a bomber airfield during the Second World War the station opened in October 1943 and was decommissioned in the spring of 1946.
  Although now mostly returned to agricultural and commercial uses the site retains one original runway, the eastern perimeter track and some contemporary buildings together with a No. 106 Squadron RAF memorial garden and a visitor centre.
caption: The original southwest/northeast 4,200 ft (1,280 m) runway at RAF Metheringham photographed in 2006. Now in use as a minor access road across the fen.
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