RAF Fiskerton

A small cluster of semi-derelict buildings still exist and are still in use at the end of the present village on the road out to short ferry.

It was one of only 15 RAF airfields equipped with FIDO,[2] a fog-clearing system utilising petrol pumped through pipes alongside the main runway and burned via a sequence of nozzles.

[2] During WWII, Billy Strachan, who would go onto become a pioneer of Black civil rights in Britain, took part in 15 bombing missions from RAF Fiskerton as a member of 576 Squadron.

Land which once formed part of the aerodrome was donated by the owner, the late Geoff Stuffin, so a memorial to 49 and 576 Squadrons could be erected.

Today the memorial can be found on the side of the road near the old main runway together with a plaque recording the generosity of Mr Stuffin.

Avro Lancaster D for Donald of No. 49 Squadron RAF returns to RAF Fiskerton after bombing Berlin , 22 November 1943. A month later the aircraft and crew were lost returning from Berlin.