Originally Posted by
Finningley Boy
Media publicity sir, so many of the old bases had to go at the end of the war; Bardney, Wickenby, North Killingholme, Kelsern, Fiskerton and of course, many. many more. All Bomber Command as well. However, the Dambusters are an historic legend with a special place in UK history, if only through the circumstances of their creation and the media hype, which inevitably followed. I stand corrected Chevvron, I don't believe Faldingworth was a Thor base, but it was a satellite for Scampton and Waddington in the early V-Bomber era, might explain partly why it didn't get the Thor IRBMs as many of the afore mentioned did?!
FB
Faldingworth was not a satellite of Scampton or Waddington it was developed as a massive storage and servicing area for nuclear weapons and remained as such until it closed as an RF station in 1972. It was a self accounting station in it's own right housing 92 Maintenance Unit. It had extensive underground secure storage bunkers built all over the old airfield site along with married quarters and domestic and technical accommodation.
When it closed it was taken over by BMARC from Grantham as an ammunition and weapons manufacturing facility.