Editing RAF Digby (section)

===Between the wars===
In April 1920 No. 59 TDS handed over to [[No. 3 Flying Training School RAF]] whose first commander was Squadron Leader [[Arthur Harris|A T Harris]], later to become known as Air Marshal 'Bomber' Harris. Five months later the name of the station changed from Scopwick to RAF Digby, after several instances of aircraft spares being delivered in error to [[RAF Shotwick]] in North Wales. The role of the station also switched from training bomber pilots to training fighter pilots. In April 1922 the school was disbanded and the station placed on care and maintenance, when the RAF contracted further after the end of the war.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.raf-lincolnshire.info/digby/digbyhistory_1922.htm|title=RAF Digby - RCAF Digby: A history : 1922|publisher=RAF Lincolnshire info|access-date=5 April 2019}}</ref>

The closure was short-lived and in June 1924 [[No. 2 Flying Training School RAF]] arrived from [[RAF Duxford]]. The school flew Avro 504s, [[Bristol F.2 Fighter|Bristol Fighters]], and [[Sopwith Snipe]]s and specialised in training novice pilots to fly in fighter-type aircraft, rather than the usual practice of learning on basic trainers and later converting to fighters. The school was commanded by Wing Commander Sidney 'Crasher' Smith DSO AFC, so named because of his habit of landing his aircraft rather more robustly than they were designed for; including three aircraft in a single day. Smith returned to Digby five years later as a Group Captain, for a second stint as station commander. Smith's replacement as station commander was an officer due for greater things, [[Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder|Wing Commander Arthur Tedder]] later became Lord Tedder and Marshal of the Royal Air Force. In 1934 the station was commanded by [[Trafford Leigh-Mallory|Group Captain T Leigh-Mallory]], who was later to become Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory and one of the most notable commanders in Fighter Command during the [[Battle of Britain]].<ref name=rafinfo1934>{{cite web|url=http://www.raf-lincolnshire.info/digby/digbyhistory_1934.htm|title=RAF Digby - RCAF Digby: A history: 1934–1936|publisher=RAF Lincolnshire info|access-date=5 April 2019}}</ref>

Between 1929 and 1936 the appearance of the station changed dramatically and most of the original wooden 1917/1918 hangars, barrack blocks and offices were demolished and replaced with substantial brick structures. The seven original hangars were replaced by two new ones, although a planned third hangar was first delayed and eventually never built. Most of the domestic barrack blocks, officers' mess, station headquarters, squadron offices and married quarters built at this time still stand and remain in use. The No. 12 Group RAF Lima Sector Operations bunker, now the station museum, was constructed at a cost in 1936 of £5,000.<ref name=rafinfo1934/>

The following year saw a major change to the station's function. On 7 September 1937 No. 2 Flying Training School relocated to [[RAF Brize Norton]], and Digby was handed to No. 12 Group Fighter Command as an operational fighter station intended to provide fighter cover for the cities of Lincoln, Nottingham and Leicester. Two months later there were already two squadrons of fighters at Digby, [[No. 73 Squadron RAF]] flying [[Gloster Gladiator]]s and [[No. 46 Squadron RAF]] equipped with [[Gloster Gauntlet]]s. In 1938 both squadrons were re-equipped with [[Hawker Hurricane]]s and joined by another Hurricane squadron [[No. 504 Squadron RAF]], an auxiliary squadron from Nottingham.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.raf-lincolnshire.info/digby/digbyhistory_1938.htm|title=RAF Digby - RCAF Digby: A history: 1938|publisher=RAF Lincolnshire info|access-date=5 April 2019}}</ref>