RAF Worksop airfield

27 May 1945 (© Sqn Ldr Dr Oliver Bernard Appleyard via Neil Appleyard)

Worksop airfield

Watch Office for all commands, 12779/41 with medium front windows to 343/43

Other Buildings:

11/43 to ?/45, 18 Operational Training Unit, satellite to Finningly with Martinet, Oxford, Tomahawk and Wellingtons. Finningley's Bomber Command Instructors School continued to use the airfield until 1946.
11/46 to 06/48, RAF Flying Training Command, airfield then closed.
08/52 to 05/58, Reopened when No 211 Advanced Flying School formed here with Meteors, 06/54 renamed No 211 Flying Training School, 06/56 became No 4 Flying Training School with Provost and Vampires.
05/55 to 03/57, 616 Auxiliary Sqn here with Meteors.

4 miles W of Retford

'Any Sick Parade'

RAF Worksop airfield

Worksop airfield
Airfield Today:	Agriculture
Tower Type:	Watch Office for all commands, 12779/41 with medium front windows to 343/43
Tower:	Demolished
Other Buildings:	None
History:	11/43 to ?/45, 18 Operational Training Unit, satellite to Finningly with Martinet, Oxford, Tomahawk and Wellingtons. Finningley's Bomber Command Instructors School continued to use the airfield until 1946. 11/46 to 06/48, RAF Flying Training Command, airfield then closed. 08/52 to 05/58, Reopened when No 211 Advanced Flying School formed here with Meteors, 06/54 renamed No 211 Flying Training School, 06/56 became No 4 Flying Training School with Provost and Vampires. 05/55 to 03/57, 616 Auxiliary Sqn here with Meteors.

RAF Station
Airfield:	OTU
Opened:	11/1943
Closed:	12/1960
ID Code:	WP
USAAF Station:	N/A
Runways:	3x - concrete
Hangars:	2x - T2
County:	Nottinghamshire
Location:	4 miles W of Retford
OS Ref:	SK625815
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RAF Worksop