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Airport type
  
Military

Built
  
1920 (1920) and 1940

Owner
  
Air Ministry

Operator
  
Royal Air Force

Elevation AMSL
  
144 ft / 44 m

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Location
  
Worksop, Nottinghamshire

In use
  
1941-1948 1952-1958 (1958)

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.

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RAF Worksop Worksop

Station history

RAF Worksop Worksop

  • 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.
  • No 1 Group Communications Flight.
  • No 211 Advanced Flying School was renamed to No 211 Flying Training School in June 1954.
  • No. 616 Squadron RAF from 23 May 1955 with the Gloster Meteor F.8 before being disbanded on 10 March 1957.
  • Bomber Command Central Night Vision School.
  • RAF Central Vision Training School.
  • Transport Command Central Vision Training School.

    • Current use

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



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    References

    RAF Worksop Wikipedia
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