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RAF Ossington
Royal Air Force Ossington or more simply RAF Ossington is a former Royal Air Force Royal Air Force station, station located near the village of Ossington, Nottinghamshire, England. History Construction of the airfield began in 1941, with the aim of completion by 1942. It was constructed as standard A-shaped bomber airfield with 3 hard runways, the longest of the 3 being just over 1.5 km long. After completion, the airfield was put under No. 5 Group RAF, Number 5 Group, RAF Bomber Command. In January 1942, the airfield became an RAF Flying Training Command station flying Airspeed Oxfords. May 1942 saw the Number 14 AFU move to Banff, Aberdeenshire, Banff, Scotland. After this period, the airfield returned to the control of RAF Bomber Command, Bomber Command, Number 93 Group and became a satellite station of RAF Gamston. On 1 June 1943 No. 82 OTU formed using Vickers Wellingtons as was standard at the time, along with 5 Miles Martinets as target tugs for gunner training. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ossington
Ossington is a village in the county of Nottinghamshire, England 7 miles north of Newark-on-Trent. It is in the civil parish of Ossington, but for census purposes its population count is included with the civil parishes of Ompton and Laxton and Moorhouse. It was centred on Ossington Hall, the ancestral home of the Denison family, but the house was demolished in 1964 and all that remains are a few outbuildings and a private chapel that now serves the parish as Holy Rood Church, Ossington. This is a Grade I listed building, originally 12th century and rebuilt in 1782–1783 by the architect John Carr, with minor 19th-century alterations and additions. It includes earlier monuments and stained glass. There is a barrel organ built by Thomas Robson in 1840. Ossington Hall The estate can be traced back to Saxon times, when it was known as "Oschinton" and then later in 1144 as "Oscinton". The lord at that time, Roger de Burun, gave the estate to the Cluniac order of monks, when he e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
