By 1936 the RAF Expansion Scheme had overseen a period of rapid increases both in terms of aircraft operated and the development of new stations.

As it developed, it made an increasingly dramatic imposition on the surrounding rural landscape[2] such as to the Lincolnshire Edge, a Jurassic limestone ridge, which forms the distinctive backbone of the county from Whitton on the Humber Estuary in the north, down to Grantham in the south.

To the west of the Edge, the gently undulating Trent Vale eventually flows into the moors and levels of Humberhead, draining to the Humber Estuary.

With the transfer of the UK nuclear deterrent role to the Royal Navy's Resolution-class submarines in 1968 the site was run down and finally deactivated in 1972.

Two BA1D air separation units were operated on a 24-hour basis to provide a ready supply of breathable oxygen for the aircrew of the V-bombers.