Bottesford
| Also known as: | Bottesford Aerodrome / Normanton (unofficial local name) / RAF Bottesford / RAF Station, Bottesford / Roseland Business Park / USAAF Station 481 |
| County: | Leicestershire |
| Current Status: | Farmland / Industry |
| Date: | 10 September 1941 - 4 March 1960 |
| Current Use: | Disused |
| Used By: | RAF / RAAF / USAAF |
| Landing Surface Types: | Paved |
| Aircraft Roles: | Airborne forces/transport (main role) / Aircraft preparation/storage / Bomber (main role) / Communications / Trainer (main role) |
N.B. - Bottesford is situated across the two counties of Leicestershire and Lincolnshire but primarily geographically resides in Leicestershire.
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):
- Aggregate Industries UK Ltd
- Architectural Consultants Midland Construction Services
- Babcock Exhibitions
- Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering
- Bennington Blends
- Bennington Foods Ltd
- Blue Dragon Transport
- Bottesford Parish Council
- Charcon Flooring Ltd
- Concept To Consumer
- Drive Assist Direct
- Express Concrete Floors Ltd
- Gardner Douglas Sports Cars Ltd
- Hawkins & Manwaring
- Inter Technique
- J C R 2008 Ltd
- John Rose
- Juno Says Hello Ltd
- Kapok (1988) Ltd
- Long Bennington Local History Society
- Long Bennington Parish Council
- Losberger UK Ltd
- Newark Concrete Floors
- Normanton Parish Meeting
- Paving Developments Ltd
- Replay Maintenance
- Roseland Group
- Stoneflair Ltd
- Tilhill Forestry Ltd
- UPM-Kymmene (UK) Holdings Plc
- WJR Holdings Ltd
Main unit(s) present:
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No 1 Bomber Defence Training Flight
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No 1 FTS
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No 3 (Coastal) OTU
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No 7 Gp Comm Flight
- No 17 FTS
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No 24 BAT Flight
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No 30 Heavy Glider Maintenance Section
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50th TCW
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No 72 Base
- 79th TCS
- 80th TCS
- 81st TCS
- 82nd TCS
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No 90 Sqn
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No 92 MU
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No 93 MU
- 95th TCS
- 96th TCS
- 97th TCS
- 98th TCS
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No 207 Con Flight
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No 207 Sqn
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No 256 MU
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436th TCG
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440th TCG
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No 467 Sqn
- No 817 Defence Sqn
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No 1321 (Bomber Defence Training) Flight
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No 1524 BAT Flight
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No 1668 HCU
- No 2770 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 4307 Anti-Aircraft Flight RAF Regiment
- Station Flight, Bottesford
Remains of a runway at Bottesford, 16 December 2007.
B1 Hangar at Bottesford, 8 April 2009. © Richard Flagg
Aerial footage of Bottesford. Courtesy of hmhw18
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