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Royal Air Force Wigsley, also known as RAF Wigsley, is a former
* 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
*
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the Air force, air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. It was formed towards the end of the World War I, First World War on 1 April 1918, on the merger of t ...
satellite station located east of Tuxford
Tuxford is a historic market town and a civil parish in the Bassetlaw District, Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England. It had a population of 2,809 in the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census.
Geography
Its nearby towns are Oll ...
, Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated ''Notts.'') is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. The county is bordered by South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. Th ...
and west of Lincoln
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, Lincolnshire
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, England
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.
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
No. 455 Squadron was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) torpedo bomber squadron during World War II and became famous as part of the "ANZAC Strike Wing" that was formed from Australian and New Zealand squadrons. Raised in early 1941, mainly fro ...
with the Handley Page Hampden
The Handley Page HP.52 Hampden is a British twin-engine medium bomber that was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF). It was part of the trio of large twin-engine bombers procured for the RAF, joining the Armstrong Whitworth Whitley and Vickers ...
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]
* Relief Landing Ground for the RAF College during 1955
Current use
The site is now used as farmland.See also
*List of former Royal Air Force stations
This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They are listed under any former county or country name which was appropriate for the duration of ...
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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wigsley 1941 establishments in England Royal Air Force stations of World War II in the United Kingdom