Aviation in Nottinghamshire - UK Airfields - Richard E Flagg

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5 Bircotes (Bawtry) Grid Ref: Sheet 111 SK642940. 1 mile W of Bawtry Opened: November 1941 No 2 Squadrons: 25 OTU, 82 OTU, 18 OTU, No.1 Group Communications Flight, 35 MU, 250 MU Aircraft: Wellington / Manchester / Anson / Martinet / Tomahawk / Master / Oxford Nationalities: Commonwealth Things of note: Close to No.1 Group HQ in Bawtry and saw diverse additional use. Current status: Vacated July 1948 and returned to agriculture, few visible structures. Aviation in Nottinghamshire
Blidworth Grid Ref: Sheet 120 SK590540. 3 miles SE of Mansfield Opened: August 1941 No 3 Squadrons: Known as No.35 Satellite Landing Ground to 51 MU at Lichfield Aircraft: Whirlwind (reported) / Tiger Moth Nationalities: Commonwealth Things of note: Had the capacity to store more than 50 fighters. Current status: Went out of use very quickly in 1942; no traces remain. Grove Park (East Retford) Grid Ref: Sheet 120 SK734796. 1 mile SE of Retford Opened: Spring 1943 No 4 Squadrons: Known as No.38 Satellite Landing Ground to 51 MU at Lichfield Aircraft: No aircraft types known to have been stored here. Nationalities: Commonwealth Things of note: One of several Satellite Landing Ground sites in Nottinghamshire. Current status: Vacated June 1945 and returned to agriculture. Aviation in Nottinghamshire 6
Page 1 and 2: Airfields & Memorials Aviation in N
Page 3 and 4: Contents Introduction Pg1 Airfields
Page 5 and 6: 23 6 26 11 20 3 25 14 17 24 27 2 28
Page 7: Major Military Airfields Balderton
Page 11 and 12: Hucknall Grid Ref: Sheet 129 SK5264
Page 13 and 14: Newton Grid Ref: Sheet 121 SK670410
Page 15 and 16: Papplewick Moor Grid Ref: Sheet 120
Page 17 and 18: Tollerton Grid Ref: Sheet 129 SK620
Page 19 and 20: Winthorpe Grid Ref: Sheet 121 SK825
Page 21 and 22: Recreational Flying Sites Some site
Page 23 and 24: Lambley Grid Ref: Sheet 129 SK63446
Page 25 and 26: Memorials in Nottinghamshire As mig
Page 27 and 28: 1 19 11 10 9 13 15 3 4 2 5 6 7 8 12
Page 29 and 30: Blyth Grid Ref: Sheet 111 SK626868
Page 31 and 32: Cotgrave Place Grid Ref: Sheet 129
Page 33 and 34: Gonalston Grid Ref: See access deta
Page 35 and 36: Hucknall - West Street Grid Ref: Sh
Page 37 and 38: Langar Grid Ref: Sheet 129 SK734333
Page 39 and 40: Newark Cemetery Grid Ref: Sheet 121
Page 41 and 42: Nottingham Castle - Albert Ball VC
Page 43 and 44: Staunton in the Vale Grid Ref: Shee
Page 45 and 46: Winthorpe - Newark Air Museum In th
Page 47 and 48: Postscript Whilst every care has be

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