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RAF Wigsley
Wigsley, Nottinghamshire in England
RAF Wigsley watchtower
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Coordinates	53°12′53″N 000°43′42″W / 53.21472°N 0.72833°W / 53.21472; -0.72833
Type	Satellite station
Code	UG
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Bomber Command * No. 5 Group RAF * No. 7 (HCU) Group RAF RAF Flying Training Command * No. 21 Group RAF
Site history
Built	1941 (1941)/42
Built by	Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons Ltd
In use	February 1942 - July 1958 (1958)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation	7 metres (23 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 00/00  Concrete 00/00  Concrete 00/00  Concrete

Royal Air Force Wigsley, also known as RAF Wigsley, is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located 7.3 miles (11.7 km) east of Tuxford, Nottinghamshire and 7.6 miles (12.2 km) west of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.

History

• Detachment from No. 14 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF between April and May 1942
• No. 28 Air Crew Holding Unit RAF between September 1945 and January 1946
• Satellite of No. 201 Advanced Flying School RAF between 1947 and 1954
• Satellite of No. 204 Advanced Flying School RAF between 1950 and 1952
• No. 455 Squadron RAAF with the Handley Page Hampden between 8 February and 28 April 1942
• No. 1654 Conversion Unit RAF between June and October 1942 became No. 1654 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF between October 1942 and September 1945
• Relief Landing Ground for No. 8 Flying Training School RAF between August 1955 and August 1959
• No. 50 Conversion Flight during August 1942
• No. 83 Conversion Flight during August 1942
• No. 2776 Squadron RAF Regiment]
• Relief Landing Ground for the RAF College during 1955

Current use

The site is now used as farmland.

See also

• List of former Royal Air Force stations

References

Citations

1. ^ Falconer 2012, p. 214.
2. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 34.
3. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 44.
4. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 32.
5. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 33.
6. ^ "Wigsley II". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
7. Jefford 1988, p. 93.
8. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 97.
9. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 137.
10. ^ Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 96.
11. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 227.

Bibliography

• Falconer, J. (2012). RAF Airfields of World War 2. UK: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85780-349-5.
• Jefford, C. G. (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.
• Sturtivant, R.; Hamlin, J. (2007). Royal Air Force flying training and support units since 1912. UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN 978-0851-3036-59.

• 1941 establishments in England
• Royal Air Force stations of World War II in the United Kingdom