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- 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. (en)
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- George Wimpey & Co Ltd (en)
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- RAF Bottesford, April 1944. Today, most of the airfield remains intact. (en)
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- RAF Bomber Command* No. 3 Group RAF* No. 5 Group RAF* Ho. 7 (HCU) Group RAF (en)
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- RAF BottesfordUSAAF Station AAF-481 (en)
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- Royal Air Force1941-43 & 1944-United States Army Air Forces 1943-44 (en)
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- Shown within Leicestershire (en)
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- Maurer, M. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. USAF Historical Division. Washington D.C., USA: Zenger Publishing Co., Inc, 1980. . (en)
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- Royal Air Force stationParent Station 1941-4372 Base HQ 1944- (en)
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- 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. (en)
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