RAF Ossington
England
About
RAF Ossington opened in Nottinghamshire in 1942 as a satellite and training airfield. It was used by No. 14 Operational Training Unit and later by No. 93 and No. 82 Group support units, with Wellingtons prominent in its training role. The airfield closed after the war and much of the land returned to agriculture.
Photographs
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. The damaged tail section of Handley Page Halifax B Mark II Series I, HR782 ‘MH-V’, 51 Squadron RAF, following its collision with an Avro Lancaster while returning from a raid on Munchen-Gladbach on the night of 29/30 August 1943. HR782 was ten miles from its temporary base at Ossington, Nottinghamshire, when the Lancaster, apparently on a reciprocal course, collided with the aircraft, damaging the port propellers, gashing the fuselage and tearing off the upper port fin. The pilot, Flying Officer R Burchett, found the aircraft uncontrollable at less than 180 miles per hour, but made a good landing at Ossington despite overshooting the runway. HR782 was repaired and flew on further operations before it was finally lost on a raid to Leipzig on the night of 3/4 December 1943.
ⓘ licence & credit
Royal Air Force official photographer / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_Air_Force_Bomber_Command,_1942-1945._CE97.jpgView source & full licence →Home to
- No. 82 OTU — 93 Group