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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Blidworth<br />
Grid Ref: Sheet 120 SK590540. 3 miles SE of Mansfield<br />
Opened: August 1941<br />
No 3<br />
Squadrons: Known as No.35 Satellite Land<strong>in</strong>g Ground to 51 MU at Lichfield<br />
Aircraft: Whirlw<strong>in</strong>d (reported) / Tiger Moth<br />
Nationalities: Commonwealth<br />
Th<strong>in</strong>gs of note: Had the capacity to store more than 50 fighters.<br />
Current status: Went out of use very quickly <strong>in</strong> 1942; no traces rema<strong>in</strong>.<br />
Grove Park (East Retford)<br />
Grid Ref: Sheet 120 SK734796. 1 mile SE of Retford<br />
Opened: Spr<strong>in</strong>g 1943<br />
No 4<br />
Squadrons: Known as No.38 Satellite Land<strong>in</strong>g Ground to 51 MU at Lichfield<br />
Aircraft: No aircraft types known to have been stored here.<br />
Nationalities: Commonwealth<br />
Th<strong>in</strong>gs of note: One of several Satellite Land<strong>in</strong>g Ground sites <strong>in</strong><br />
Nott<strong>in</strong>ghamshire.<br />
Current status: Vacated June 1945 and returned to agriculture.<br />
<strong>Aviation</strong> <strong>in</strong> Nott<strong>in</strong>ghamshire<br />
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