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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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