Aviation in Nottinghamshire - UK Airfields - Richard E Flagg
Aviation in Nottinghamshire - UK Airfields - Richard E Flagg
Aviation in Nottinghamshire - UK Airfields - Richard E Flagg
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Major Military <strong>Airfields</strong><br />
Balderton<br />
Grid Ref: Sheet 130 SK816498. 3 miles SSE of Newark<br />
Opened: Spr<strong>in</strong>g 1941<br />
No 1<br />
Squadrons: 25 OTU, 408 (Goose) Squadron RCAF, 1668 HCU, 12 (P) AFU,<br />
437th & 439th TCG of 9th USAF, 227 Sqn, MU disposal site<br />
Aircraft: Hampden / Lancaster / Halifax / Horsa glider / Blenheim / DC-3 / Waco<br />
glider<br />
Nationalities: Canadian, American, British<br />
Th<strong>in</strong>gs of note: Major USAF location for Allied operations Overlord (D-Day)<br />
and Market (Arnhem). Whittle prototype jets dispersed to airfield <strong>in</strong> March 1943.<br />
Current status: Majority of airfield lost when the A1 was turned <strong>in</strong>to a dual<br />
carriage way <strong>in</strong> the late 1960s, few visible structures, much of the former site is<br />
now underneath the BPB Formula Bantycock Opencast Site.<br />
<strong>Aviation</strong> <strong>in</strong> Nott<strong>in</strong>ghamshire<br />
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