RAF Worksop

RAF Worksop RAF Scofton
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Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Location	Worksop, Nottinghamshire
Built	1920 (1920) and 1940
In use	1941-1948 1952-1958 (1958)
Elevation AMSL	144 ft / 44 m
Coordinates	53°19′28″N 001°03′37″W
Map
RAF Worksop Location in Nottinghamshire
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 00/00 0 0 Asphalt 00/00 0 0 Asphalt 00/00 0 0 Asphalt

Royal Air Force 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 Curtiss Tomahawks and Vickers Wellingtons
• No 1 Engine Control and Demonstration Unit RAF
• No 1 Group Communication Flight RAF
• No. 4 Flying Training School RAF
• No. 211 Advanced Flying School RAF was renamed to No. 211 Flying Training School RAF 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
• RAF Central Vision Training School RAF
• Transport Command Central Vision Training School RAF

Current use

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

See also

• List of former Royal Air Force stations

References

Bibliography

• Jefford, C.G. 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.