Editing East Midlands (section)

===Second World War===
{{See also|Strategic bombing during World War II}}
Most of the region was protected by a solitary RAF station, [[RAF Digby]] near [[Sleaford]], part of [[No. 12 Group RAF]] and controlled from [[RAF Watnall]]. Within the East Midlands, only Nottingham was [[Nottingham Blitz|heavily bombed]] during the Second World War's [[The Blitz|Blitz]], due to the presence of a large [[Royal Ordnance]] [[ROF Nottingham|factory]]. However, much of the [[Battle of the Ruhr|aerial obliteration]] of Germany was directed from the region, with two bomber groups based in [[Lincolnshire]] ([[No. 1 Group RAF|No.1]] and [[No. 5 Group RAF|No.5]]), and a few squadrons in South Nottinghamshire. The proliferation of Second World War airfields in Lincolnshire has led to it being known as Bomber County.