page_title: RAF Binbrook
section_title: Closure
hierarchical_section_title: RAF Binbrook / History / Closure
caption_attribution_description: English: Officer's Mess Former Officer's Mess and accommodation at former RAF Binbrook, now sadly derelict and vandalised
context_page_description: Royal Air Force Binbrook or RAF Binbrook was a Royal Air Force station, now closed, located near Binbrook, Lincolnshire, England. The old domestic site has been renamed to become the village of Brookenby. RAF Binbrook was primarily used by Bomber Command in World War II. The Central Fighter Establishment moved to Binbrook from RAF West Raynham between 1959 and 1962 and two Lightning squadrons were stationed there between 1965 and 1988.
context_section_description: The station closed as a main operating base in the 1980s, although it continued as a relief landing ground for RAF Scampton into the early 1990s before eventually closing and all military activity ceasing, it was subsequently sold off for development.
  The control tower and adjacent fire section were demolished in 1995. In the mid-90s, Lincolnshire Police and Humberside Police used the site to teach riot control techniques to its police officers.
  As of 2012 a majority of the accommodation blocks have been demolished. The hangars and offices are used as an industrial estate housing many businesses. The flight line is fenced off and used for storage of mainly ex-military equipment awaiting resale. The married quarters are private housing, forming the new village of Brookenby. There is also a memorial to 460 Squadron (RAAF) consisting of a memorial plaque and benches around the former ident square.
  The following units were here at some point:
  No. 1 Group Target Towing Flight RAF became No. 1481 (Target Towing) Flight RAF became No. 1481 (Target Towing and Gunnery) Flight RAF
  No. 50 Squadron RAF
  No. 109 Squadron RAF
  No. 139 Squadron RAF
  No. 643 Volunteer Gliding Squadron RAF
  819 Naval Air Squadron
  849 Naval Air Squadron
  No. 849B Flight of 849 NAS
  No. 1 Group Air Bomber Training Flight RAF
  Air Fighting Development Squadron RAF
  Bomber Command Aircraft Maintenance Unit RAF
  Bomber Command Jet Conversion Flight RAF
  Bomber Command Supply Support Unit RAF
  Day Fighter Combat Squadron RAF
  Instant Readiness Reserve Unit RAF became Lightning Augmentation Flight RAF
  Lightning Special Engineering Project Team RAF
  Lightning Training Flight RAF
caption: The former officers' mess at RAF Binbrook in 2009
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