RAF Worksop

RAF Worksop RAF Scofton[1]
Scofton, Nottinghamshire in England
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Coordinates	53°19′28″N 001°03′37″W
Type	Satellite station
Code	WP[2]
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)[2] 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[3]
• No 1 Engine Control and Demonstration Unit RAF between February 1945 and January 1946[4]
• No 1 Group Communication Flight RAF between December 1945 and January 1946[5]
• No. 4 Flying Training School RAF between June 1956 and June 1958[6]
• No. 211 Advanced Flying School RAF between August 1952 and June 1954[7] became No. 211 Flying Training School RAF between June 1954 and June 1956[8]
• No. 616 Squadron RAF from 23 May 1955 with the Gloster Meteor F.8 before being disbanded on 10 March 1957[9]
• Bomber Command Central Night Vision School RAF between December 1945 and March 1946[10]
• RAF Central Vision Training School RAF between March 1946 and June 1948[11]
• Transport Command Central Vision Training School RAF between November 1946 and May 1958[12]

Current use

The site is currently used for farming with few remaining signs of the former airfield.[13]

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.