Royal Air Force Ossington or more simply RAF Ossington is a former Royal Air Force station located near the village of Ossington, Nottinghamshire, England...
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Denison estate held by The University of Nottingham RAF Ossington The Wartime Memories Project – RAF Ossington 53°10′27″N 00°52′07″W / 53.17417°N 0.86861°W...
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1 Squadron RAF Regiment No. II Squadron RAF Regiment No. 15 Squadron RAF Regiment No. 34 Squadron RAF Regiment (C-UAS) No. 51 Squadron RAF Regiment No...
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the two Polish squadrons, RAF Winthorpe saw very little activity. Control of the station was passed over to RAF Ossington. Winthorpe was briefly used...
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List of former Royal Air Force stations (redirect from List of former RAF stations)
This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They...
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List of Royal Air Force Operational Training Units (redirect from No. 11 Operational Training Unit RAF)
formed in June 1943 at RAF Ossington to train night bomber crews with the Vickers Wellington. No. 83 Operational Training Unit RAF (83 OTU) 83 OTU was formed...
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Retford Gamston Airport (redirect from RAF Gamston)
service in December 1942. It was part of the RAF Flying Training Command as well as a satellite to RAF Ossington, 8 mi (13 km) to the south. In May 1943 the...
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Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Ossington with the Vickers Wellington III, X No. 82 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Gamston with the Vickers...
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List of conversion units of the Royal Air Force (redirect from No. 229 Operational Conversion Unit RAF)
operational conversion units (OCUs) were training units of the Royal Air Force (RAF). With the introduction of new heavy bombers, the four-engined Short Stirling...
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The Ossington Coffee Tavern is a Grade II* listed building in Newark on Trent, Nottinghamshire. The foundation stone was laid on 10 November 1881 when...
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No. 21 Group RAF (21 Gp) is a former Royal Air Force group that existed from April-July 1918; 1926-1934, a redesignation of No. 1 Group RAF; after which...
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in early 1943 with the rank of pilot officer. In June he arrived at RAF Ossington the base of 82 OTU. On 9 August 1943 his Wellington bomber plane developed...
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owner of parish land and lord of the manor was Lord Ossington (Evelyn Denison, 1st Viscount Ossington), who was also the impropriator and patron of the...
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and the School of Science and Art (1900). The Ossington Coffee Palace was built by Lady Charlotte Ossington, daughter of the 4th Duke of Portland and widow...
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de Grey; dissolved 5 February 1539; granted to Thomas Henneage 1548/9 Ossington Preceptory Knights Hospitaller founded before 1154, granted by William...
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Laxton, Little Carlton, Lowdham Maplebeck, Morton North Muskham, Norwell Ossington, Oxton Perlethorpe Rainworth, Rolleston South Muskham, Sutton-on-Trent...
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Osoyoos SOO-yooss /ˈsuːjuːs/ Variant pronunciations of one place Canada Ossington Avenue OZ-ing-tən /ˈɒzɪŋtən/ Canada Ough's Road, Port Hope OPS /ɒps/ Ireland...
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their way to Berlin. The Operational Training Unit (O.T.U.) was based at Ossington eight miles north-west of Newark and it was from bases like these, flying...
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(demolished 1930) Dublin Coffee Palace, Townsend Street, Dublin' 1875 (dem) Ossington Coffee Tavern, Newark on Trent, 1882 The Coffee Palace, Townsend Street...
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