RAF Worksop explained

RAF Worksop RAF Scofton^[1]
Ensign:	Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg
Ensign Size:	90px
Location:	Scofton, Nottinghamshire
Country:	England
Type:	Satellite station
Pushpin Map:	Nottinghamshire#UK
Pushpin Map Caption:	Shown within Nottinghamshire
Pushpin Label:	RAF Worksop
Ownership:	Air Ministry
Operator:	Royal Air Force
Controlledby:	RAF Bomber Command No. 91 (OTU) Group RAF
Code:	WP
Built:	and 1940
Used:	November 1943-1948 1952- December
Builder:	Wimpey & Carmichael
Battles:	European theatre of World War II
Elevation:	44m (144feet)
R1-Number:	00/00
R1-Surface:	Asphalt
R2-Number:	00/00
R2-Surface:	Asphalt
R3-Number:	00/00
R3-Surface:	Asphalt

Royal Air Force Worksop, or more simply RAF Worksop, is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located at Scofton, north east of Worksop, Nottinghamshire and 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

The site is currently used for farming with few remaining signs of the former airfield.^[2]

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