RAF Wigsley

RAF Wigsley
Wigsley, Nottinghamshire in England
RAF Wigsley watchtower
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Coordinates	53°12′53″N 000°43′42″W / 53.21472°N 0.72833°W / 53.21472; -0.72833
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 (1941)/42
Built by	Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons Ltd
In use	February 1942 - July 1958 (1958)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation	7 metres (23 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 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.

• 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]

• List of former Royal Air Force stations

• Falconer, J. (2012). RAF Airfields of World War 2. UK: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85780-349-5.
• 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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