[2] Flying began at Waltham in 1933 when a grassed strip operated as Grimsby's municipal airport and a small aero club was formed at the airfield.

In June 1938, the airfield's first military residents were RAF Bomber Command's 5 Group who set up a Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve training outfit (No.

The aerodrome was then constructed through the summer of 1940 with concrete runways (the first in north Lincolnshire) to accommodate bombers of No.

They have been painted with road markings in areas, for use with learner drivers, and provide a circuit regularly frequented by dog walkers.

Notable surviving buildings include the control tower, crew locker and dryer rooms, the pre-war B1 and T2 hangars; however much of the station is in a state of disrepair and is also victim to fly-tipping.

The bomb dump has totally disappeared and various buildings in the village of Waltham, Lincolnshire such as accommodation huts no longer exist.

The only remaining building in the village is the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) canteen and kitchen which currently house the Museum of Rural Life and RAF Grimsby Exhibition at the Waltham Windmill.