RAF Worksop

RAF Worksop RAF Scofton.
IATA: none – ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Location	Worksop, Nottinghamshire
Built	1920 (1920) and 1940
In use	1941-1948 1952-1958 (1958)
Elevation AMSL	144 ft / 44 m
Coordinates
Map
RAF Worksop Location in Nottinghamshire
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 00/00 0 0 Asphalt 00/00 0 0 Asphalt 00/00 0 0 Asphalt

Royal Air Force Station Worksop or more simply RAF Worksop is a former Royal Air Force station located 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 November 1943 and 1945 with various aircraft including Miles Martinets, Airspeed Oxfords, Curtiss P-40 Tomahawks and Vickers Wellingtons
• No 1 Engine Control and Demonstration Unit.
• No 1 Group Communications Flight.
• No 211 Advanced Flying School was renamed to No 211 Flying Training School in June 1954.
• 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 Central Vision Training School.
• Transport Command Central Vision Training School.

Current use

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

See also

• List of former Royal Air Force stations

References

Bibliography

• Jefford, C.G, MBE,BA ,RAF (Retd). RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1988. ISBN 1-84037-141-2.