RAF North Coates
| RAF North Coates | |||||||||||
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| North Coates, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire | |||||||||||
Aircrew and Bristol Beaufort Mk Is of No. 22 Squadron at North Coates | |||||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||||
| Code | NC | ||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Flying Corps Royal Air Force | ||||||||||
| Condition | Mainly returned to agricultural use; part occupied by North Coates Flying Club | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 53°29′59.3″N 0°3′57.7″E / 53.499806°N 0.066028°E | ||||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||||
| Built | 1914 | ||||||||||
| In use | 1916–1919 1926–1990 | ||||||||||
| Fate | Sold to private ownership | ||||||||||
| Battles/wars | First World War Second World War | ||||||||||
| Garrison information | |||||||||||
| Occupants | See list below | ||||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||||
| Identifiers | ICAO: EGYO | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 17 ft (5.2 m) AMSL | ||||||||||
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Royal Air Force North Coates or more simply RAF North Coates is a former Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire, England, six miles south-east of Cleethorpes, and close to the mouth of the Humber estuary. It was an active air station during the First World War, and then again from the mid-1920s. Between 1942 and 1945, during the Second World War, it was the home of a Coastal Command Strike Wing, and from 1958 was a base for Bloodhound surface-to-air missiles, until it closed in 1990.