62119 Bomber station originally assigned to 5 Group. The class 'A' standard airfield was built during 1942 and 1943, located largely in the parish of Martin. The runways were to the standard specification with the main 02-20 runway at 2000 yds and 13-31 and 07-25 at 1,400 yds. One of the standard T2 hangars was placed on the technical site, which was alongside the B1189 near Linwood Grange, between runway heads 02 and 07, and the other off the east perimeter track between runway heads 25 and 31. A B1 hangar lay north of runway head 13 near Barff Farm. The bomb store was situated around Blackthorn Holt and other woodland between runway heads 13 and 20. The camp sites were built directly south around the B1189 and consisted of one mess, one communal, one WAAF, four domestic and a sick quarters. Accommodation was scaled for 1685 males and 345 females. Metheringham was one of the handful of RAF bases to be equipped with FIDO for fog dispersal. 106 and 110 Squadrons were the initial residents at Metheringham moving in in Nov 1943. By the end of hostilities 106 Squadron had lost 65 Lancaster in operations flown from the airfield. After VE-Day, 467 Squadron RAAF arrived to train with 106 Squadron for operations in the Far East. The end of the war overtook this plan and 467 Sqn disbanded at the start of Oct 1945. 189 Squadron took its place but this too was soon stood down. 106 Squadron endured until Feb 1946 when it too disbanded. RAF Metheringham was closed to flying shortly thereafter. Although the airfield site remained fairly intact until the 1950s, hangars and most of the domestic buildings were demolished by 1970. The airfield was sold off for farming in 1961/62 with some hardstandings removed. Parts of runways 07-25 and 13-31 were pressed into service to to reinstate two minor roads subsumed into the airfield. Several technical site buildings remain in use for commercial purposes.{1}{2}{3}