RAF Wigsley

RAF Wigsley
RAF Wigsley
Wigsley, Nottinghamshire in England
	RAF Wigsley watchtower
	RAF Wigsley Shown within Nottinghamshire RAF Wigsley RAF Wigsley (the United Kingdom)
Coordinates	53°12′53″N 000°43′42″W
Type	Satellite station
Code	UG[1]
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Bomber Command; * No. 5 Group RAF; * No. 7 (HCU) Group RAF; RAF Flying Training Command; * No. 21 Group RAF
Site history
Built	1941/42
Built by	Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons Ltd
In use	February 1942 - July 1958
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation	7 metres (23 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways
00/00	Concrete
00/00	Concrete
00/00	Concrete

Royal Air Force Wigsley, also known as RAF Wigsley, is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located 7.3 miles (11.7 km) east of Tuxford, Nottinghamshire and 7.6 miles (12.2 km) west of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.

History

A RAAF Hampden of No. 455 Squadron at RAF Wigsley, Nottinghamshire, circa 1942

Detachment from No. 14 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF between April and May 1942[2]
No. 28 Air Crew Holding Unit RAF between September 1945 and January 1946[3]
Satellite of No. 201 Advanced Flying School RAF between 1947 and 1954[4]
Satellite of No. 204 Advanced Flying School RAF between 1950 and 1952[5][6]
No. 455 Squadron RAAF with the Handley Page Hampden between 8 February and 28 April 1942[7]
No. 1654 Conversion Unit RAF between June and October 1942 became No. 1654 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF between October 1942 and September 1945[8]
Relief Landing Ground for No. 8 Flying Training School RAF between August 1955 and August 1959[9]
No. 50 Conversion Flight during August 1942[10]
No. 83 Conversion Flight during August 1942[10]
No. 2776 Squadron RAF Regiment][6]
Relief Landing Ground for the RAF College during 1955[11]

The site is now used as farmland.[6]

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Jefford, C. G. (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.
Sturtivant, R.; Hamlin, J. (2007). Royal Air Force flying training and support units since 1912. UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN 978-0851-3036-59.

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