RAF Freiston
In mid-1916, the Royal Naval Air Service established RNAS Freiston Shores on the mudflats to the south of Frieston, Lincolnshire, to serve as a bombing and gunnery range for trainee pilots of the RNAS Flying School at Cranwell.As aircraft using the range had to fly for 40 minutes from Cranwell, in September 1916 about 90 acres (36 ha) of farmland nearby were requisitioned to serve as a landing ground.As training continued, the landing ground was enlarged with hangars, accommodation, and a control tower.As well as its training role, it also became home to a flight of Bristol Scouts based there on anti-Zeppelin operations.4 Fighting School, to train pilots in air gunnery and bomb dropping operations.