RAF Worksop
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.
Station history
- 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
Current use
The site is currently used for farming with few remaining signs of the former airfield.