Royal Air Force Balderton or more simply RAF Balderton was a former Royal Air Force station located south of Newark-on-Trent, sandwiched between the now extinct Great Northern Railway (GNR) Bottesford-Newark line and the A1 road in Nottinghamshire, England. Balderton airfield opened in June 1941 with a grass surface over stiff clay, it was used by the Royal Air Force (RAF), Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). During the Second World War it was used primarily as a troop carrier transport airfield and after for munitions storage before it finally closed. A notice in The Times for 20 May 1957 lists the airfield as one of those no longer needed by the RAF. The airfield was built to a dispersed plan. By 1943 the airfield had tarmac landing areas with three intersecting runways and 50 hard standings suitable for Heavy Bombers. In 1944 it was used by Bomber Command's 5 Group. There were two T-2 aircraft hangars, two Glider hangars and one B1 type hangar by 1944. There were 1510 male and 208 female personnel stationed on the base at that time. Part of the accommodation was temporary, and the officers accommodation was at a nearby hospital, Balderton Hall. (Now the Fernwood development) During the airfields short operational life over two hundred aircrew failed to return and paid the ultimate sacrifice, a little known fact in Nottinghamshire's history. Today, the remains of the airfield are located on private property being used as agricultural fields and a gypsum quarry. History Royal Air Force (RAF) use The following units were here at some point: No. 1 Equipment Disposal Depot (June 1945) became No. 254 Maintenance Unit RAF (June 1945 - January 1946 & February - July 1946) Detachment of No. 12 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF (December 1943 - January 1944) Detachment of No. 14 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF (April 1942) Satellite Airfield of No. 25 Operational Training Unit RAF (June - November 1941) No. 28 Heavy Glider Maintenance Section of No. 2 Heavy Glider Maintenance Unit (June 1943 - March 1944) Sub site of No. 93 Maintenance Unit RAF (December 1948 - August 1955) No. 227 Squadron RAF Sub site of No. 255 Maintenance Unit RAF (July 1946 - November 1948) No. 408 Squadron RCAF No. 1668 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF (August - November 1943) The airfield was assigned to No. 5 Group RAF and