RAF Wigsley

Former Royal Air Force station in Nottinghamshire, England

53°12′53″N 000°43′42″W / 53.21472°N 0.72833°W / 53.21472; -0.72833TypeSatellite stationCodeUG^[1]Site informationOwnerAir MinistryOperatorRoyal Air ForceControlled byRAF Bomber Command
* No. 5 Group RAF
* No. 7 (HCU) Group RAF
RAF Flying Training Command
* No. 21 Group RAFSite historyBuilt1941 (1941)/42Built bySir Robert McAlpine & Sons LtdIn useFebruary 1942 - July 1958 (1958)Battles/warsEuropean theatre of World War IIAirfield informationElevation7 metres (23 ft)^[1] AMSL

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Royal Air Force Wigsley, also known as RAF Wigsley, is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located 7.3 miles (11.7 km) east of Tuxford, Nottinghamshire and 7.6 miles (12.2 km) west of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.

History

Detachment from No. 14 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF between April and May 1942^[2]
No. 28 Air Crew Holding Unit RAF between September 1945 and January 1946^[3]
Satellite of No. 201 Advanced Flying School RAF between 1947 and 1954^[4]
Satellite of No. 204 Advanced Flying School RAF between 1950 and 1952^[5]^[6]
No. 455 Squadron RAAF with the Handley Page Hampden between 8 February and 28 April 1942^[7]
No. 1654 Conversion Unit RAF between June and October 1942 became No. 1654 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF between October 1942 and September 1945^[8]
Relief Landing Ground for No. 8 Flying Training School RAF between August 1955 and August 1959^[9]
No. 50 Conversion Flight during August 1942^[10]
No. 83 Conversion Flight during August 1942^[10]
No. 2776 Squadron RAF Regiment]^[6]
Relief Landing Ground for the RAF College during 1955^[11]

Current use

The site is now used as farmland.^[6]

References

Citations

^ ^a ^b Falconer 2012, p. 214.
^ Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 34.
^ Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 44.
^ Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 32.
^ Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 33.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Wigsley II". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
^ Jefford 1988, p. 93.
^ Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 97.
^ Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 137.
^ ^a ^b Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 96.
^ Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 227.

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.

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