RAF Winthorpe | |||||||||||
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| Winthorpe, Nottinghamshire in England | |||||||||||
 The runway at RAF Winthorpe, now used to host shows at Newark Showground | |||||||||||
  RAF Winthorpe Shown within Nottinghamshire  RAF Winthorpe RAF Winthorpe (the United Kingdom) | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 53°05′52″N 0°46′14″W / 53.097647°N 0.770470°W | ||||||||||
| Code | WE[1] | ||||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||||
| Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||||
| Controlled by | RAF Bomber Command * No. 5 Group RAF * No. 7 (T) Group RAF | ||||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||||
| Built | 1939/40 | ||||||||||
| In use | September 1940 - July 1959 | ||||||||||
| Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II | ||||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||||
| Elevation | 16 metres (52 ft)[1] AMSL | ||||||||||
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Royal Air Force Winthorpe, or more simply RAF Winthorpe, is a former Royal Air Force station located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north-east of Newark in Nottinghamshire, England. It is now the site of Newark Air Museum and Newark Showground.
It initially opened as a satellite station for RAF Swinderby in 1940, being used by 300 and 301 Polish squadrons and later, 1661 HCU of No. 5 Group.[2][3]
The station was declared inactive in 1959.[4]
- ^ a b Falconer 2012, p. 215.
- ^ Brooks, Robin J. (2003). Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire airfields in the Second World War. Newbury: Countryside. ISBN 1-85306-799-7. OCLC 52783362.
- ^ "Winthorpe - Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust UK". www.abct.org.uk. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ Honns, Colin. "RAF Winthorpe Book". www.newarkairmuseum.org. Retrieved 2 July 2020.