Royal Air Force Wigsley, also known as RAF Wigsley, is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located east of Tuxford, Nottinghamshire and west of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.
History
Detachment from No. 14 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF between April and May 1942 No. 28 Air Crew Holding Unit RAF between September 1945 and January 1946 Satellite of No. 201 Advanced Flying School RAF between 1947 and 1954 Satellite of No. 204 Advanced Flying School RAF between 1950 and 1952 No. 455 Squadron RAAF with the Handley Page Hampden between 8 February and 28 April 1942 No. 1654 Conversion Unit RAF between June and October 1942 became No. 1654 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF between October 1942 and September 1945 Relief Landing Ground for No. 8 Flying Training School RAF between August 1955 and August 1959 No. 50 Conversion Flight during August 1942 No. 83 Conversion Flight during August 1942 No. 2776 Squadron RAF Regiment] Relief Landing Ground for the RAF College during 1955
Current use The site is now used as farmland.
See also List of former Royal Air Force stations
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