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RAF Wigsley

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RAF Wigsley

Wigsley, Nottinghamshire in England

RAF Wigsley watchtower

RAF Wigsley

Shown within Nottinghamshire

RAF Wigsley

RAF Wigsley (the United Kingdom)

Coordinates

53°12′53″N 000°43′42″W / 53.21472°N 0.72833°W

Type

Satellite station

Code

UG^[1]

Site information

Owner

Air Ministry

Operator

Royal Air Force

Controlled by

RAF Bomber Command
* No. 5 Group RAF
* No. 7 (HCU) Group RAF
RAF Flying Training Command
* No. 21 Group RAF

Site history

Built

1941/42

Built by

Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons Ltd

In use

February 1942 - July 1958

Battles/wars

European theatre of World War II

Airfield information

Elevation

7 metres (23 ft)^[1] AMSL

Runways
Direction	Length and surface
00/00	Concrete
00/00	Concrete
00/00	Concrete

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[edit]

A RAAF Hampden of No. 455 Squadron at RAF Wigsley, Nottinghamshire, circa 1942

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

Citations[edit]

^ ^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[edit]

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.