RAF Wigsley explained

RAF Wigsley
Ensign:	Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg
Ensign Size:	90px
Location:	Wigsley, Nottinghamshire
Country:	England
Type:	Satellite station
Pushpin Map:	Nottinghamshire#UK
Pushpin Map Caption:	Shown within Nottinghamshire
Pushpin Label:	RAF Wigsley
Ownership:	Air Ministry
Operator:	Royal Air Force
Controlledby:	RAF Bomber Command No. 5 Group RAF * No. 7 (HCU) Group RAF RAF Flying Training Command * No. 21 Group RAF
Code:	UG
Built:	/42
Used:	February 1942 - July
Builder:	Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons Ltd
Battles:	European theatre of World War II
Elevation:	7m (23feet)
R1-Number:	00/00
R1-Surface:	Concrete
R2-Number:	00/00
R2-Surface:	Concrete
R3-Number:	00/00
R3-Surface:	Concrete

Royal Air Force Wigsley, also known as RAF Wigsley, is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located east of Tuxford, Nottinghamshire and 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]^[1]
Relief Landing Ground for the RAF College during 1955

The site is now used as farmland.^[1]

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