33 Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps,[2] initially operating F.E.2 and later Avro 504 and Bristol F.2 Fighter biplanes.

C Flight also acted as observers for the artillery batteries located at Spurn Head and Kilnsea.

[2] The flight stayed at Elsham until June 1918, the wooden huts and a small aircraft shed that had been erected were demolished by 1919 when the station was abandoned back to agriculture at the end of the First World War.

[3] In the late 1930s with a new war on the horizon, extra airfields were again needed to accommodate an expansion of the RAF.

Former First World War stations were surveyed for suitability, and an area just to the west of the original Elsham site was deemed to be better suited.

"[6] RAF Elsham Wolds closed in 1947 and shortly afterwards DP's (Displaced Persons), Poles and Ukrainians were temporarily housed in the buildings whilst working at the Scunthorpe Steelworks.

Colloquially, it started to be known as "Warsaw Hamlet" and the Post Office delivered letters using that address.

[7] The history of the site is reflected in the road names on the estate which include Halifax Approach and Wellington Way.