avia.wikisort.org - AerodromeRoyal Air Force Bircotes or more simply RAF Bircotes is a former Royal Air Force satellite airfield located within South Yorkshire, England. Although it was named after the town of Bircotes which is in Nottinghamshire.
Royal Air Force base in Yorkshire, England
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RAF Bircotes |
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Shown within South Yorkshire |
Coordinates | 53°26′08″N 001°02′31″W |
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Type | Satellite Station |
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Code | BR |
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Owner | Air Ministry |
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Operator | Royal Air Force |
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Controlled by | RAF Bomber Command * No. 7 (T) Group RAF * No. 93 (OTU) Group RAF |
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Built | 1941 (1941) |
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In use | November 1941 - July 1948 (1948) |
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Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II |
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Elevation | 34 metres (112 ft) AMSL |
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Runways |
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Length and surface |
NW/SE |
1,235 metres (4,052 ft) Grass |
09/27 |
1,400 metres (4,593 ft) Grass |
18/36 |
1,410 metres (4,626 ft) Grass |
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History
RAF Bircotes was located next the No. 1 Group RAF, RAF Bomber Command HQ at RAF Bawtry, Bawtry Hall, Bawtry, England. The airfield consisted of a grass strip with a connecting perimeter track with T2, B1 and Bessonneau hangars plus other miscellaneous buildings.[2]
The Airfield opened in late 1941 and was used by the Avro Ansons, Vickers Wellingtons, and Avro Manchesters from No. 25 Operational Training Unit RAF (OTU) at nearby RAF Finningley.[citation needed]
A variety of training units occupied the airfield including two operational Training units:[3]
- Satellite for No. 18 OTU (March 1943 - November 1944)
- Satellite for No. 28 OTU (June - July 1944)
- Satellite for No. 82 OTU (August - October 1943)
- Satellite for No. 16 (Polish) Service Flying Training School RAF (February - August 1943)
- Sub site for No. 35 Maintenance Unit RAF (November 1944 - 1945)
The No. 1 Group Communication Flight RAF[3] from RAF Bawtry were also present at Bircotes from April 1941. The unit had moved from RAF Hucknall and at Bircotes the unit was using Miles Masters, Airspeed Oxfords, Miles Martinets, Curtiss Tomahawks and Westland Lysanders.[2][9]
Towards the end of the Second World War and afterwards a number of different units used the airfield such as No. 250 Maintenance Unit RAF (MU) which formed at the airfield while under the control of RAF Maintenance Command and No. 61 MU which absorbed No. 250 MU and used Bircotes as a sub site between 1944 and 1948.[2]
Current use
The airfield is currently farmland after being decommissioned on 13 July 1948 with little of the perimeter track left.[3]
References
Citations
Bibliography
- Falconer, J (2012). RAF Airfields of World War 2. UK: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85780-349-5.
- Halpenny, Bruce. Action Stations 2; Military airfields of Lincolnshire and East Midlands. Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK: Patrick Stephen Publishing, 1981. ISBN 0-85059-484-7.
- Sturtivant, R; Hamlin, J; Halley, J (1997). Royal Air Force flying training and support units. UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN 0-85130-252-1.
External links
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Reserve forces |
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Associated civil organisations |
- Air Training Corps
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Personnel |
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Appointments |
- Chief of Air Staff
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- Air Member for Personnel
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- Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment
- Warrant Officer of the RAF
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Symbols and uniform |
- Ensign
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- Uniform
- Heraldic badges
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Notes |
- 1: Topcliffe used for gliders only
- 2: Sites are now in use for civilian air traffic
- 3: Communications or radar sites
- 4: RAF hospital
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