Donna Nook Air Weapons Range
RAF Donna Nook is a bombing range in East Lindsey in north-east Lincolnshire in England. It is maintained by the RAF and used by British and NATO war planes.
History
The area at Donna Nook just north of North Somercotes is also a nature reserve with a large seal habitat in the early winter maintained by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust. It is the only National Nature Reserve in the UK on MOD land, and was opened on July 18 2002 by Air Commodore Nigel Williams. There was once a minor airfield there which closed, and was home to 206 Squadron from August 1941 - July 1942. RAF North Coates, a former airfield still in physical existence, was three miles to the north-west along the coast.
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Video clips
- Weapons burst by an A-10 Thunderbolt II
- Flyby on range by a BAE Hawk, Panavia Tornado and Eurofighter Typhoon
- Gunfire on the range by a SEPECAT Jaguar
- Bomb practice by an A-10 Thunderbolt II