Hucknall
| Also known as: | Hucknall Aerodrome / RAF Hucknall |
| County: | Nottinghamshire |
| Current Status: | Housing / Industry |
| Date: | 1 April 1918 (earliest known date) - 1971; subsequent limited flying |
| Current Use: | Disused |
| Used By: | RAF (main user) / RAF (Polish) (main user) / Civil (main user) / USAS |
| Landing Surface Types: | Unpaved, later paved/unpaved |
| Prominent People: | Franz von Werra |
| Aircraft Roles: | Air observation post / Aircraft ferrying / Bomber (main role) / Communications / Fighter / General aviation (limited flying) / Trainer (main role) |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/07/2013):
- Hucknall Heritage Society
- Hucknall Library
- Hucknall Local History Group
Main unit(s) present:
- No 1 (Bomber) Group
- No 1 FPP
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No 1 (Polish) FTS
- No 3 (Polish) Holding Unit
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No 12 Gp Comms Flight
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No 12 (Fighter) Group
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No 13 (Fighter) Group
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No 15 TDS
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No 15 TS
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No 16 (Polish) SFTS
- No 18 OTU
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23rd Aero Sqn
- No 25 (Polish) EFTS
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No 43 Gp Comms Flight
- No 47 GS
- No 54 MU
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No 98 Sqn
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No 104 Sqn
- No 117 Sqn
- No 130 Sqn
- No 135 Sqn
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No 205 Sqn
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No 218 Sqn
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No 504 Sqn
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No 664 Sqn
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No 1969 Reserve AOP Flight
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No 1970 Reserve AOP Flight
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Merlin Flying Club
- Nottingham UAS
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Polish Training Unit
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Trent Flying Group
A Rolls Royce engine testbed at Hucknall, 23 June 2007.
A runway at Hucknall, 7 June 2010.
Rolls Royce buildings at Hucknall, 7 June 2010.
A runway at Hucknall, 7 June 2010.
Looking across Hucknall, 15 December 2012.
Footage from an airshow at Hucknall. Courtesy of British Movietone
Footage from Hucknall. Courtesy of Douglas the Urban dweller
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