RAF Fiskerton, Lincolnshire, England, from the air, 8 June 1945. Fiskerton was a typical Bomber Command airfield and the circular 'dispersals' where bombers were parked between operations can be seen radiating out around the runways. Situated in the flat Lincolnshire countryside eight kilometres east of the city of Lincoln, the station hosted a number of RAF Bomber Command squadrons from its opening in early 1943, most notably No. 49 Squadron RAF between January 1943 and October 1944 and No. 576 Squadron RAF from October 1944 to September 1945. Australians flew on operations from Fiskerton with these squadrons during the war and between 1941 and 1945 ninety lost their lives with No. 49 Squadron and thirty with No. 576 Squadron. [AWM P00811.011]
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