RAF Wymeswold

RAF Wymeswold
IATA: none ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Location	Wymeswold, Leicestershire
Coordinates	52°47′35″N 001°07′36″W / 52.79306°N 1.12667°W / 52.79306; -1.12667Coordinates: 52°47′35″N 001°07′36″W / 52.79306°N 1.12667°W / 52.79306; -1.12667
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RAF Wymeswold Leicestershire
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RAF Wymeswold is a former Royal Air Force station located 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north-east of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. The airfield is situated between Hoton, Wymeswold and Burton on the Wolds, lying in the current district of Charnwood.

It was opened on 16 May 1942 during the Second World War and was home to Vickers Wellington bombers amongst others. It was not used for operations over Germany, but for training. It initially trained bomber pilots until 1944, then was taken over by RAF Transport Command, to train Douglas Dakota pilots.

RAF Castle Donington was used as a satellite airfield which post-war has turned into East Midlands Airport.

From 1949 it was part of Fighter Command, flying Spitfires until 1950, then Meteors, although the aircraft were flown by the Royal Auxiliary Air Force. The RAuxAF was disbanded on 10 March 1957, which led to the closure of the airfield, after it had served as a satellite station of RAF Syerston for its BAC Jet Provost training aircraft.

It was closed as an RAF station in early 1957, although it continued to be used for aircraft maintenance by various private organisations until 1968.

It did not close as an RAF Base in 1957 as RAF Syerston still used it as a satellite airfield in 1963.

During the Second World War the airfield was home to Operational Training Units, however post war the airfield was used by squadrons flying new jets like the Hawker Hunter.

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