 One crew member managed to parachute safely but eight others and 26 Polish paratroops perished in the crash at Tinwell, near Stamford.Between 6/11 6 April 1945, the 315th TCG moved from Spanhoe to their Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) at Amiens/Glisy airfield, France (ALG B-48).In 1946 RAF Spanhoe was closed and returned to the farmers from whom it had been requisitioned.