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Aviation in Nottinghamshire - UK Airfields - Richard E Flagg

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W<strong>in</strong>thorpe<br />

Grid Ref: Sheet 121 SK825565. 2 miles NE of Newark<br />

Opened: September 1940<br />

No 16<br />

Squadrons: 300 (Mazovia) Sqn, 301 (Pomerania) Sqn, 455 Sqn (dispersed only),<br />

1661 HCU, 1331 HTCU, 984 company RASC Air Despatch, Central servic<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Development Unit, Allocated to USAF as hospital – not enacted.<br />

Aircraft: Battle / Well<strong>in</strong>gton / Manchester / Lancaster / Halifax / Stirl<strong>in</strong>g /<br />

Spitfire / Hurricane / Mart<strong>in</strong>et / Lancaster / Dakota / Horsa gliders<br />

Nationalities: Polish, Commonwealth<br />

Th<strong>in</strong>gs of note: Major 5 Group tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g base for bomber crews. W<strong>in</strong>gs for<br />

Victory parade held <strong>in</strong> W<strong>in</strong>thorpe village <strong>in</strong> 1943. Post World War II used as a<br />

drop zone for various Sw<strong>in</strong>derby based units. Deactivated <strong>in</strong> summer 1959.<br />

Current status: Major part of the runway site now owned by the Newark &<br />

Notts Agricultural Society, with some runways and taxiways still <strong>in</strong> existence<br />

but not operational. The accommodation parts of the airfield now form part<br />

of Codd<strong>in</strong>gton village. <strong>Aviation</strong> connections are ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong>ed on the site by the<br />

Newark Air Museum.<br />

Memorial on site (see page 41 for more <strong>in</strong>formation)<br />

<strong>Aviation</strong> <strong>in</strong> Nott<strong>in</strong>ghamshire<br />

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