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RAF Worksop RAF Scofton
Scofton, Nottinghamshire in England
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Coordinates	53°19′28″N 001°03′37″W / 53.32444°N 1.06028°W / 53.32444; -1.06028
Type	Satellite station
Code	WP
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Bomber Command * No. 91 (OTU) Group RAF
Site history
Built	1920 (1920) and 1940
Built by	Wimpey & Carmichael
In use	November 1943-1948 1952- December 1960 (1960)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation	44 metres (144 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 00/00  Asphalt 00/00  Asphalt 00/00  Asphalt

Royal Air Force Worksop, or more simply RAF Worksop, is a former Royal Air Force satellite 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 September 1943 and December 1944 with various aircraft including Miles Martinets, Airspeed Oxfords, Curtiss P-40 Curtiss Tomahawks and Vickers Wellingtons
• No 1 Engine Control and Demonstration Unit RAF between February 1945 and January 1946
• No 1 Group Communication Flight RAF between December 1945 and January 1946
• No. 4 Flying Training School RAF between June 1956 and June 1958
• No. 211 Advanced Flying School RAF between August 1952 and June 1954 became No. 211 Flying Training School RAF between June 1954 and June 1956
• 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 between December 1945 and March 1946
• RAF Central Vision Training School RAF between March 1946 and June 1948
• Transport Command Central Vision Training School RAF between November 1946 and May 1958

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

Citations

1. "Worksop". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
2. ^ Falconer 2012, p. 219.
3. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 201.
4. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 108.
5. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 155.
6. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 136.
7. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 33.
8. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 138.
9. Jefford 1988, p. 84.
10. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 79.
11. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 227.
12. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 281.
13. "Forgotten airfields europe". www.forgottenairfields.com. Retrieved 19 February 2021.

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.

• Royal Air Force stations in Nottinghamshire
• Royal Air Force stations of World War II in the United Kingdom