RAF Worksop

RAF Worksop
RAF Worksop; RAF Scofton.[1];
	IATA: none; ICAO: none;
Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Location	Worksop, Nottinghamshire
Built	1920 and 1940
In use	1941-1948; 1952-1958
Elevation AMSL	144 ft / 44 m
Coordinates	53°19′28″N 001°03′37″W / 53.32444°N 1.06028°WCoordinates: 53°19′28″N 001°03′37″W / 53.32444°N 1.06028°W
Map
	RAF Worksop Location in Nottinghamshire
Runways

Royal Air Force Station Worksop or more simply RAF Worksop is a former Royal Air Force station located 2.8 miles (4.5 km) north east of Worksop, Nottinghamshire and 4.7 miles (7.6 km) west of Retford, Nottinghamshire, England.

Station history

No. 18 Operational Training Unit RAF between November 1943 and 1945 with various aircraft including Miles Martinets, Airspeed Oxfords, Curtiss P-40 Tomahawks and Vickers Wellingtons
No 1 Engine Control and Demonstration Unit.^[1]
No 1 Group Communications Flight.^[1]
No 211 Advanced Flying School was renamed to No 211 Flying Training School in June 1954.^[2]
No. 616 Squadron RAF from 23 May 1955 with the Gloster Meteor F.8 before being disbanded on 10 March 1957.^[3]
Bomber Command Central Night Vision School.^[1]
RAF Central Vision Training School.^[1]
Transport Command Central Vision Training School.^[1]

Current use

The site is currently used for farming with few remaining signs of the former airfield.

References

Citations

1 2 3 4 5 6 "Worksop". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
↑ "RAF Worksop airfield". Control Towers.co.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
↑ Jefford 1988, p. 84.

Bibliography

Jefford, C.G, MBE,BA ,RAF (Retd). RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1988. ISBN 1-84037-141-2.

External links

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[ABCT-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Worksop". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 11 November 2012.

[2] "RAF Worksop airfield". Control Towers.co.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2012.

[Jefford1988p84-3] Jefford 1988, p. 84.

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