RAF Worksop

Royal Air Force Worksop or more simply RAF Worksop was a former Royal Air Force 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.

RAF Worksop RAF Scofton^[1]
IATA: none ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Location	Scofton, Nottinghamshire
Built	1920 (1920) and 1940
In use	1941-1948 1952-1958 (1958)
Elevation AMSL	144 ft / 44 m
Coordinates	53°19′28″N 001°03′37″W / 53.32444°N 1.06028°W / 53.32444; -1.06028Coordinates: 53°19′28″N 001°03′37″W / 53.32444°N 1.06028°W / 53.32444; -1.06028
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

Station history

• No. 18 Operational Training Unit RAF between November 1943 and 1945 with various aircraft including Miles Martinets, Airspeed Oxfords, Curtiss P-40 Curtiss Tomahawks and Vickers Wellingtons
• No 1 Engine Control and Demonstration Unit RAF^[1]
• No 1 Group Communication Flight RAF^[1]
• No. 4 Flying Training School RAF^[1]
• No. 211 Advanced Flying School RAF was renamed to No. 211 Flying Training School RAF in June 1954^[2]
• No. 616 Squadron RAF from 23 May 1955 with the Gloster Meteor F.8 before being disbanded on 10 March 1957^[3]
• Bomber Command Central Night Vision School RAF^[1]
• RAF Central Vision Training School RAF^[1]
• Transport Command Central Vision Training School RAF^[1]

Current use

The site is currently used for farming with few remaining signs of the former airfield.^[4]

See also

• List of former Royal Air Force stations

References

Citations

1. "Worksop". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
2. "RAF Worksop airfield". Control Towers.co.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
3. Jefford 1988, p. 84.
4. "Forgotten airfields europe". www.forgottenairfields.com. Retrieved 19 February 2021.

Bibliography

• Jefford, C.G. 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.