RAF Worksop

RAF Worksop

RAF Scofton^[1]
RAF Worksop; RAF Scofton;
	IATA: none; ICAO: none;
Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Location	Scofton, 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°W
Map
	RAF Worksop Location in Nottinghamshire
Runways

Royal Air Force Worksop or more simply RAF Worksop was a former Royal Air Force station located at Scofton, 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
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No. 4 Flying Training School RAF^[1]
was renamed to 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]
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Current use[]

The site is currently used for farming with few remaining signs of the former airfield.^[4]

References[]

Citations[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "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.
^ "Forgotten airfields europe". www.forgottenairfields.com. Retrieved 19 February 2021.

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.

[ABCT-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "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.

[4] "Forgotten airfields europe". www.forgottenairfields.com. Retrieved 19 February 2021.

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