RAF Goxhill

RAF Goxhill
USAAF Station 345
Goxhill, Lincolnshire in England
RAF Aerial photograph of Goxhill airfield. taken on 29 April 1947. The runways are blocked with different types of equipment. Also, the control tower and technical site with two T2 hangars and a J-Type hangar is on the right.
Site information
TypeRoyal Air Force station
CodeGX
OwnerAir Ministry
OperatorRoyal Air Force
United States Army Air Forces
Controlled byRAF Bomber Command 1941
* No. 1 Group RAF
RAF Fighter Command 1941-42
* No. 12 Group RAF
1945-
Eighth Air Force
Ninth Air Force
RAF Maintenance Command
Location
RAF Goxhill
Shown within Lincolnshire
RAF Goxhill
RAF Goxhill (the United Kingdom)
Coordinates53°40′40″N 000°18′56″W / 53.67778°N 0.31556°W / 53.67778; -0.31556
Site history
Built1940 (1940)/41
Built byJohn Laing & Son Ltd
In useJune 1941 - December 1953 (1953)
Battles/warsEuropean theatre of World War II
Airfield information
IdentifiersWMO: (grid reference TA110210)
Elevation6 metres (20 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
00/00  Tarmac
00/00  Tarmac
00/00  Tarmac

Royal Air Force Goxhill or RAF Goxhill is a former Royal Air Force station located east of Goxhill, on the south bank of the Humber Estuary in north Lincolnshire, England, opposite the city of Kingston upon Hull.