RAF Newton

52.9662, -0.9916 — view on OpenStreetMap ↗

About

RAF Newton opened near Bingham in Nottinghamshire in 1939. Early in the war it was a bomber station, with squadrons flying Fairey Battles and then Vickers Wellingtons, before becoming a major training base — for several years it was home to a Polish flying training school that turned out aircrew for the RAF’s Polish squadrons. After the war it served a long succession of training and administrative roles before closing in 2000, and the site is now a business park.

Sources: This page was compiled from publicly available historical sources, including Newton — Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust and RAF Newton — Wikipedia. The text is original and has been written from factual source material; no source text has been copied unless specifically quoted and attributed.

Photographs

Dereliction at RAF Newton The area of housing nearest to the Fosse Way is becoming increasingly derelict.
ⓘ licence & creditAlan Murray-Rust / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dereliction_at_RAF_Newton_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1555367.jpgView source & full licence →
Dereliction at RAF Newton The area of housing nearest to the Fosse Way is becoming increasingly derelict.
ⓘ licence & creditAlan Murray-Rust / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dereliction_at_RAF_Newton_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1555365.jpgView source & full licence →
Dereliction at RAF Newton The area of housing nearest to the Fosse Way is becoming increasingly derelict.
ⓘ licence & creditAlan Murray-Rust / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dereliction_at_RAF_Newton_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1555359.jpgView source & full licence →
Control tower and hangars A bridleway cuts across the apron of the old airfield giving close up views of the old airfield buildings.
ⓘ licence & creditAlan Murray-Rust / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Control_tower_and_hangars_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1555386.jpgView source & full licence →
Andrzej Sylwester “Tadeusz” Grodyński (middle row fourth from left), son of Stanisław and grandson of dr Andrzej Grodyński, photographed along with other trainee pilots at 16 (P)SFTS RAF Newton, July 1943. After completion of his flying training, Tadeusz Grodyński was assigned as a fighter pilot with 306 Toruń Combat Squadron during World War II. 306 Squadron (pl) was one of four squadrons in the 133 Fighter Wing of the RAF, which consisted at the time of three Polish squadrons 306, 309 and 315, plus one British squadron, 129. [The book 'The Grodyński Brigade' (Brygadą Grodyńskawo) was written by Tadeusz during his later life and along with his autobiography comprises the life stories of Tadeusz’s mother, father and brother who respectively served with distinction in the Polish Red Cross, Army and Navy during WWII.] The Scotch Mist Gallery contains photographs of historic buildings, monuments, memorials and people of Poland.
ⓘ licence & creditScotch Mist / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AST_Grodynski_RAF_WWII_5.jpgView source & full licence →

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