RAF Langar airfield

Opened for No.5 Group Bomber Command.
AVRO workshops here to west of airfield, opened September 1942 repairing and testing Lancasters.
09/42 to 10/43, only operational RAF unit 207 Sqn with Lancasters, moved to Spilsby. Station then used for Horsa glider storage.
10/43, 435th Troop Carrier Group, 9th USAAF arrived with C-47s. 01/44 to 04/44, 441st TCG with C-47 and C-53. During this time several hundred US Waco gliders were assembled here. 07/44 to 09/44, C-47s of the 441st TCG operated in the 'Market' phase of Operation 'Market Garden' supplying paratroops in the Netherlands.
10/44 to 03/45, 1669 Heavy Conversion Unit with Halifax and Lancasters.
1951 to 1963, Langar airfield operated by RCAF - Royal Canadian Air Force as part of NATO, the only Canadian base in the UK at this time. 137th (Transport) Flight operated five Bristol Freighters and a Beech C-45. A major unit was the 312th Supply Depot handling spares for F-86 Sabres.
The military airfield closed in 1963 and the AVRO workshops closed in 1968.

RAF Langar airfield
Airfield Today:	Agriculture, airfield, industry, parachuting
Tower Type:	Watch Office with Ops Room for Bomber Satellite Stations, 15898/40, 7344/41, 13079/41
Tower:	Now HQ of British Parachute School based at Langar airfield
Other Buildings:	Many, including technical site, hangars, runways and Avro factory
History:	Opened for No.5 Group Bomber Command. AVRO workshops here to west of airfield, opened September 1942 repairing and testing Lancasters. 09/42 to 10/43, only operational RAF unit 207 Sqn with Lancasters, moved to Spilsby. Station then used for Horsa glider storage. 10/43, 435th Troop Carrier Group, 9th USAAF arrived with C-47s. 01/44 to 04/44, 441st TCG with C-47 and C-53. During this time several hundred US Waco gliders were assembled here. 07/44 to 09/44, C-47s of the 441st TCG operated in the 'Market' phase of Operation 'Market Garden' supplying paratroops in the Netherlands. 10/44 to 03/45, 1669 Heavy Conversion Unit with Halifax and Lancasters. 1951 to 1963, Langar airfield operated by RCAF - Royal Canadian Air Force as part of NATO, the only Canadian base in the UK at this time. 137th (Transport) Flight operated five Bristol Freighters and a Beech C-45. A major unit was the 312th Supply Depot handling spares for F-86 Sabres. The military airfield closed in 1963 and the AVRO workshops closed in 1968.
RAF Langar

RAF Langar airfield
Airfield:	Operational
Opened:	09/1942
Closed:	1963
Pundit Code:	LA
USAAF Station:	490
Runways:	3x - concrete, tarmac
Hangars:	2x - T2
County:	Nottinghamshire
Location:	9 miles SE of Nottingham
OS Ref:	SK740335
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RAF Langar


2001 (© Robert Truman)