Royal Air Force station Parent Station 1941-43 72 Base HQ 1944-
Code
AQ[1]
Site information
Owner
Air Ministry
Operator
Royal Air Force 1941-43 & 1944- United States Army Air Forces 1943-44
Controlled by
RAF Bomber Command * No. 3 Group RAF * No. 5 Group RAF * Ho. 7 (HCU) Group RAF[1]
Site history
Built
1940 (1940)/41
Built by
George Wimpey & Co Ltd
In use
September 1941 - 1948 (1948)
Battles/wars
European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation
34 metres (112 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways
Direction
Length and surface
08/26
1,740 metres (5,709 ft) Asphalt
00/00
1,280 metres (4,199 ft) Asphalt
00/00
1,370 metres (4,495 ft) Asphalt
Royal Air Force Bottesford or more simply RAF Bottesford is a former Royal Air Force station located on the Leicestershire-Lincolnshire county border, 6.8 miles (10.9 km) north west of Grantham, Lincolnshire and 7.6 miles (12.2 km) south of Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire and about 107 miles (172 km) north-northwest of London, England.
Opened in 1942, it was used by both the Royal Air Force (RAF) and United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). During World War II it was used primarily as a troop carrier airfield for paratroopers and as a bomber airfield before closing in 1948.
Today the remains of the airfield are located on private property with the technical site being used as an industrial estate.One of the runways is currently used by Cazoo for storing cars and the control tower used as an office.
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Q-Queenie was transferred to No. 467 Squadron who were then based at RAFBottesford. The aircraft was subsequently re-coded PO-S (S-Sugar). Lancaster R5868...
Manchester, adding the Hampden for a month in July 41. The squadron moved to RAFBottesford on 17 November 1941 No. 420 Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force...
No. 207 Squadron arrived with Lancaster bombers from RAFBottesford. 207 Squadron was a major RAF Bomber Command unit and participated in major raids on...
of the Vale of Belvoir. The boundary then passes through the former RAFBottesford, where just north it meets the district of Newark and Sherwood (Staunton)...
This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They...
moved to RAF Thruxton on 1 March. The 436th Troop Carrier Group with its Douglas C-47/C-53 Skytrains arrived on 3 March from RAFBottesford. Operational...
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...
affectionately known as "Dim". He served with No. 207 Squadron based at RAFBottesford flying Avro Manchesters. He then served with No. 106 Squadron as one...
The plane was Avro Manchester L7523 EM:M of No. 207 Squadron RAF stationed at RAFBottesford in Leicestershire. It had been charged with attacking the Blohm...
to the invasion of France. Initially it was stationed at RAFBottesford, then moved to RAF Membury 3 March 1944. The squadron participated in the D-Day...
Approach beacon system Units of the Royal Air Force. The first system to guide RAF aircraft safely down onto a runway was called the Standard Blind Approach...
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