Urban explorer searches derelict ex-RAF Bomber Command station in Lincolnshire that has sat empty for decades after last plane landed
All that remains of the former RAF Binbrook, in Lincolnshire, is a series of gutted buildings seen in images
Pictures were taken by anonymous explorer who runs the Facebook page Lost Places and Forgotten Faces
In WWII, base was home to RAF squadrons and then 460 Squadron of Royal Australian Air Force
After being decommissioned in 1989, it was used as a set for US war film Memphis Belle
Do YOU have relatives who served at RAF Binbrook? Email harry.s.howard@mailonline.co.uk
The hidden history behind 19 Lincolnshire RAF airfields from the Second World War
Some are still well known names while some have disappeared into the mists of time
The abandoned RAF North Coates as it is now with the main runway running east towards the sea During the Second World War, Lincolnshire became an important part of the allied war machine with its flat landscape proving a perfect staging ground for around 50 RAF bases during the conflict.
Such was the importance of the area to the war effort that the it was dubbed Bomber County for the large number of airfields and bases it contained.
The hidden history of 19 lost Lincolnshire airbases
From bombing raids on Hitler s Bavarian layer to Cold War nuclear silos, their history is rich and varied
Some former bases have had unusual histories post-war, here extras from the film Memphis Belle pose for the camera at Binbrook airfield in 1989
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