'Airfields are as important to the history of Lincolnshire as coal mines are to the West Riding [of Yorkshire] or shipyards to the Clyde.' -- Ron Blake, Mike Hodgson, Bill Taylor

The Airfields of Lincolnshire is an excellent guide to the airfields of Lincolnshire.

Lincolnshire was very important during both the First and Second World Wars.

Part I covers the development of the airfields in Lincolnshire, Part II a guide to the individual airfields.

Harry Parkins was one of those who was based in Lincolnshire and his memoirs of Bomber Command during WWII make interesting reading

http://www.heureka.clara.net/lincolnshire/harry-parkins.htm

For more on the Avro Lancaster see

http://www.heureka.clara.net/lincolnshire/avro-lancaster.htm

Also worth reading

The Lancaster Story by Peter Jacobs

Bomber Boys by Patrick Bishop [see BCID 607211]

Bomber Command Handbook by Jonathan Falconer [see BCID 5743096]

Well worth a visit is the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, the former RAF East Kirkby. Star exhibit is Just Jane NX611, one of the few surviving Lancasters.

http://www.heureka.clara.net/lincolnshire/lincs-aviation.htm

There are many other locations nearby also worth visiting, including Petwood Hotel, requisitioned during WWII, as the Officers Mess for the Dambusters, 617 Squadron.

http://www.heureka.clara.net/lincolnshire/petwood-hotel.htm