RAF Digby

RAF Digby
Near Scopwick, Lincolnshire in England
Replica Spitfire as gate guardian
Icarus renatus (Latin for 'Icarus reborn')[1]
RAF Digby Shown within Lincolnshire
Coordinates	53°05′27″N 000°26′03″W / 53.09083°N 0.43417°W / 53.09083; -0.43417
Type	Joint signals intelligence station
Area	171 hectares[2]
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Royal Air Force and Joint Forces Command
Website	Official website
Site history
Built	1918 (1918)
In use	1918–present
Airfield information
Elevation	61 metres (200 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface NE/SW 1,800 metres (5,906 ft) Grass NW/SE 1,280 metres (4,199 ft) Grass W/E 880 metres (2,887 ft) Grass
Flying ceased in January 1953. Airfield no longer in use.

Royal Air Force Digby otherwise known as RAF Digby is a Royal Air Force station located near Scopwick and 11.6 mi (18.7 km) south east of Lincoln, in Lincolnshire, England. The station is home to the tri-service Joint Service Signals Organisation, part of the Joint Forces Intelligence Group of Joint Forces Command.^[3] Other units include the RAF Aerial Erector School, No. 54 Signals Unit and No. 591 Signals Unit.

Formerly an RAF training and fighter airfield, it is one of the country's older Royal Air Force stations, predated only by RAF Northolt, which is the oldest and predates the Royal Air Force by three years, having opened in 1915. Flying at Digby ceased in 1953.