Editing Grantham (section)

====Dambusters====
During the [[Operation Chastise|Dambuster Raids]] [[Royal Air Force]] missions in May 1943, the [[RAF Bomber Command]]'s [[No. 5 Group RAF|No. 5 Group]] and operation HQ were in [[St Vincents Hall|St Vincents]],<ref>[https://archive.today/20120918213324/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/main.jhtml?xml=/property/2004/09/25/pbomb25.xml Telegraph.co.uk], St Vincents</ref> a building later owned by Aveling-Barford and housing a district council planning department. It was built by [[Richard Hornsby]] in 1865 and lived in by his son. It is now a private house. In 1944 (including [[D-Day]]), it was the headquarters for the [[United States Army Air Forces|USAAF]]'s [[Ninth Air Force]]'s [[IX Troop Carrier Command]], known as Grantham Lodge.<ref>{{cite web |author=Raymond Harwood |url=http://www.publicenquiry.co.uk/commands/tc9th.html |title=9th Troop Carrier Command |publisher=Publicenquiry.co.uk |access-date=30 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201183319/http://www.publicenquiry.co.uk/commands/tc9th.html |archive-date=1 December 2008 }}</ref>