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|name = RAF Bawtry |native_name = |partof = |location = Bawtry |image = Bawtry Hall, East side (geograph 3482406).jpg |caption = East side of Bawtry Hall |map_type = |map_size = |map_alt = |map_caption = |type = |coordinates = |code = |built = {{Start date|1785}} |builder = |materials = |height = |used = 1941-1986 |demolished = |condition = Intact |ownership = Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) |open_to_public = No |controlledby = Royal Air Force |garrison = |current_commander = |commanders = |occupants = |battles = |events = |image2 = |caption2 = }} RAF Bawtry was a Royal Air Force station located at Bawtry Hall in Bawtry, South Yorkshire, England and was No. 1 Group RAF Bomber Command headquarters and administration unit during and following the Second World War. HistoryBawtry Hall itself is a large redbrick house in two storeys with attics which was erected around 1785 by Pemberton Milnes, a prosperous wool-merchant from Wakefield, Yorkshire. It descended in the Milnes family for several generations before being sold to Major George Peake, a well-known amateur pilot, in 1905. It is a Grade II* listed building.[1] During the Second World War the RAF took it over and it became an RAF command centre. RAF Bawtry did not have its own airfield but instead took advantage of RAF Bircotes, which was located literally next-door. Here the station based a number of communications aircraft.{{sfn|Halpenny|1981|p=47}} Bawtry Hall served the Royal Air Force from 1941–1984; first as HQ for No. 1 Group, Bomber Command during and after the Second World War, then as Strike Command HQ up to and including the later stages of the Cold War. The famous bombing of the airfield at Port Stanley by Vulcan bombers from RAF Waddington during the Falklands War was co-ordinated from the operations room at Bawtry Hall.[2] RAF Bawtry became the centre of the RAF Meteorological Service for many years[3] and ceased military operations in 1986. In June 1987 Bawtry Hall was purchased by The Welbeck Estate Group. No.1 Group Bomber Command units based at RAF Bawtry comprised as follows: -
+data from:[3] During the Miners' Strike in the mid-1980s, up to 17,000 Police were based at RAF Bawtry to provide a central Operations and co-ordination point on the South Yorkshire / Nottinghamshire border. PresentThe Air Training Corps 2008 Squadron is still located at the former site on Park Road in Bawtry, in a new building that replaced the former ones.[4] The squadron is a fully functioning unit that regularly attend flying, gliding, target shooting and a very high quality of fieldcraft training. Currently the squadron is known for its high standards of cadets, and was the first ever Squadron from the Yorkshire Wing to participate in the 4 day Nijmegan March (100 miles). In 2009 the Squadron has had a boom in the recruiting of cadets following successful recruiting campaigns in local schools, boosting its total number of attendees by 25+. 2008 Squadron gather every Wednesday and Friday evening to continue activities run by the Air Training Corps It was sold by Defence Estates in the mid 1980s to a Roger Byron-Collins company who owned Bawtry Hall for 3 years together with the nearby technical and domestic site at RAF Hemswll and the post war married quarters sites at RAF Finningley and RAF Scampton. Later the building was bought by Action Partners Corporation, a Christian organisation, and has been used as teaching and conference centre for the past 24 years.[2] The trustees had taken the decision to close the hall on 31 December 2013 and a buyer was being actively sought.[5] The hall was sold in 2014 for £1.6 million to Bawtry Hall properties who would be moving various video gaming enterprises into the building.[6] See also
ReferencesCitations1. ^{{NHLE|num= 1151550|desc=BAWTRY HALL|accessdate = 9 January 2016}} 2. ^1 {{cite news|title=Bawtry Hall played an important role in history|url=http://www.retfordtoday.co.uk/news/community/bawtry-hall-played-an-important-role-in-history-1-848349|accessdate=31 May 2016|work=Retford Guardian|date=15 October 2007}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.afterthebattle.com/osCommerce/product_info.php?products_id=75|title=Bases of Bomber Command Then and Now|publisher=After the Battle|accessdate=6 January 2008|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100917124802/http://afterthebattle.com/osCommerce/product_info.php?products_id=75|archivedate=17 September 2010|df=dmy-all}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=Bircotes and Bawtry|url=http://www.forgottenairfields.com/united-kingdom/england/south-yorkshire/bircotes-and-bawtry-s1177.html|website=Abandoned, forgotten and little known airfields in Europe|accessdate=31 May 2016}} 5. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.bawtryhall.co.uk/bawtry-hall-closure/|title=Bawtry Hall Closure Plans|publisher=Action Partners Corporation|accessdate=28 June 2013|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20130629091013/http://www.bawtryhall.co.uk/bawtry-hall-closure/|archivedate=29 June 2013|df=dmy-all}} 6. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Bateman|first1=Stephanie|title=Bawtry treasure sold for £1.6 million|url=http://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/business/bawtry-treasure-sold-for-1-6-million-1-6524506|accessdate=31 May 2016|work=Doncaster Free Press|date=27 March 2014}} Bibliography
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