page_title: RAF Scampton
section_title: Post-Second World War
hierarchical_section_title: RAF Scampton / History / Post-Second World War
caption_attribution_description: English: B-29 of the 718th BS/28th BG at RAF Scampton, 1948.
context_page_description: Royal Air Force Scampton or RAF Scampton is a Royal Air Force station located adjacent to the A15 road near to the village of Scampton, Lincolnshire, and 6 miles north west of the city, Lincoln, England. Wing commander J.T.S. Parker became Station Commander in August 2018. In July 2018, the MoD announced that Scampton would close by 2022 and be sold, with all units relocated elsewhere.
  The topography of the station in relation to the road has been incorporated into the station badge, in which the Longbow represents Ermine Street bent to accommodate the lengthened runway, and the arrow representing the runway itself. The site is owned by the Ministry of Defence and managed by the RAF.
  RAF Scampton stands on the site of a First World War Royal Flying Corps landing field, which had been called Brattleby. The station was closed and returned to agriculture following the First World War, and reactivated in the 1930s. It has provided an airfield for fighters in the First World War, bombers during the Second World War and V-force Avro Vulcans during the Cold War.
context_section_description: Following the end of hostilities 153 Squadron disbanded on 28 September 1945, followed by 625 Squadron on 7 October. The station continued to operate the Avro Lancaster when 100 Squadron (100 Squadron) arrived in December 1945. They were to be the last Lancaster squadron on the station, departing for RAF Lindholme in May 1946. Returning to their former home in December 1945, 57 Squadron introduced the Avro Lincoln to the station.
caption: A B-29 of the 28th Bombardment Group, 718th Bombardment Squadron at RAF Scampton
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