History
The airfield was known as RAF Winthorpe during the Second World War, opening in September 1940. From 1942-4, it housed No. 1661 Heavy Conversion Unit, training Lancaster crews, in No.5 Group with around thirty planes. In 1944 it joined No.7 Group. In 1945 it transferred to Transport Command. In 1964, 200 acres (0.81 km2) of the former airfield were purchased by the Newark and Nottinghamshire Agricultural Society, who have since held the Newark and Nottinghamshire County Show. A limited company called Newark (Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire) Air Museum was formed in 1968. The museum officially opened on April 14, 1973.
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