This is a brief look at units that have been based at RAF Coningsby.
Base opened 4th Nov 1940
106Sqn Feb 1941 to Oct 1942
Aircraft type /Hampden/Manchester/Lancaster
97Sqn Mar 1941 to Mar 1942 (moved to Woodhall Spa)
Aircraft type /Manchester
1514 BAT flight spring 1943
Aircraft type /Anson/Oxford
Base closed for major reconstruction work. Sep 1942 to Aug 1943
617Sqn Aug 1943 to Jan 1944 (moved to Woodhall Spa)
Aircraft type /Lancaster
61Sqn Jan 1944 to Apr 1944 (moved to Skellingthorpe)
Aircraft type /Lancaster
619Sqn Jan 1944 to Apr 1944 (moved to Dunholme Lodge)
Aircraft type /Lancaster
97Sqn Apr 1944 to Nov 1946 (moved to Hemswell)
Aircraft type /Lancaster/Lincoln
83Sqn Apr 1944 to Nov 1946 (moved to Hemswell )
Aircraft type /Lancaster /Lincoln
109Sqn Nov 1946 to Mar 1950
Aircraft type / Mosquito
139Sqn Nov 1946 to Mar 1950
Aircraft type / Mosquito
16 OTU Nov 1946 to Mar 1950
Aircraft type / Mosquito
231OCU Nov 1946 to Mar 1950
Aircraft type / Mosquito
149Sqn Oct 1950 to May 1954
Aircraft type / Boeing B-29 Washington/ Canberra B2
15Sqn Feb 1951 to Feb 1954
Aircraft type / Boeing B-29 Washington/ Canberra B2
44Sqn May 1951 to Feb 1954
Aircraft type / Boeing B-29 Washington/ Canberra B2
57Sqn April 1952 to Feb 1954
Aircraft type /Boeing B-29 Washington/Canberra B2
40Sqn Oct 1953 to Feb 1954
Aircraft type /Canberra B2
Base closed Jun 1954 to 1956 for rebuild.
57 Sqn 1956 to 1958
Aircraft type / Canberra B2
249Sqn Aug 1957 to Aug 1957
Aircraft type /Canberra B2
9Sqn Mar 1962 to Nov 1964
Aircraft type / Canberra B2/Vulcan B2
12Sqn 1962 to Nov 1964
Aircraft type / Canberra B2/ Vulcan B2
35Sqn 1962 to Nov 1964
Aircraft type / Vulcan B2
Base closed Nov 1964 untill Dec 1967
228OCU Aug 1968 to Apr 1987 ( moved to Leuchars)
Aircraft type / Phantom FGR2
6Sqn May 1969 to Oct 1974
Aircraft type / Phantom FGR2
54Sqn Sep 1969 to Apr 1974
Aircraft type / Phantom FGR2
41Sqn Apr 1972 to Feb 1977
Aircraft type / Phantom FGR2
111Sqn Oct 1974 to Nov 1975
Aircraft type / Phantom FGR2
29Sqn Dec 1974 to Apr 1998
Aircraft type / Phantom FGR2/ Tornado F3
23Sqn Nov 1975 to Feb 1976
Aircraft type / Phantom FGR2
56(R)Sqn Mar 1976 to Jul 1976
Aircraft type / Phantom FGR2
BBMF** Mar 1976 Current
Aircraft type /Chipmunk , Devon, Hurricane , Spitfire II, V,IX, XIX, XVI, Lancaster, Dakota,
June 1981 work started on the HAS sites on the Southside.
Base closed Mar 1984 to Oct 1984 runway resurface
229OCU Nov 1984 to July 1992 then became 56(R)Sqn
Aircraft type / Tornado F2 / Tornado F3
29Sqn Apr 1987 to Oct 1998
Aircraft type / Tornado F3
5Sqn Jul 1992 to Sep 2002
Aircraft type / Tornado F3
SAOEU Apr 2004 Currant renamed FJ&WOEU renamed 41(R)TES**
Aircraft type / Tornado F3/GR4,Harrier GR7/GR9,Jaguar GR3/Typhoon FGR4/T3.
17(R)Sqn Mar 2005 to Apr 2013 renamed 17(R)TES
Aircraft type / Typhoon T1/F2/T1A/T3/FGR4
29(R)Sqn ** Nov 2005 current
Aircraft type / Typhoon T1/F2/T1A/FGR4/T3
3(F)Sqn** Mar 2006 current
Aircraft type / Typhoon T1/F2/T1A/FGR4/T3
6Sqn Apr 2007 to May 2008
Aircraft type / Jaguar GR3A/T4.
11Sqn** Mar 2007 Currant
Aircraft type / Typhoon F2/T1A/FGR4/T3
6Sqn Jan 2010 to Sep 2010 (moved to Leuchars)
Aircraft type / Typhoon FGR4/T3
12Sqn** Jan 2019 Currant.
Aircraft type / Typhoon FGR4/T3
A very unique airbase with such a diverse number of types to be seen flying on a daily basis.