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.

• 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
• No 1 Engine Control and Demonstration Unit RAF between February 1945 and January 1946
• No 1 Group Communication Flight RAF between December 1945 and January 1946
• No. 4 Flying Training School RAF between June 1956 and June 1958
• No. 211 Advanced Flying School RAF between August 1952 and June 1954 became No. 211 Flying Training School RAF between June 1954 and June 1956
• 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 between December 1945 and March 1946
• RAF Central Vision Training School RAF between March 1946 and June 1948
• Transport Command Central Vision Training School RAF between November 1946 and May 1958

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

• List of former Royal Air Force stations

Citations

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.