Group Within a week (between 8/11 March), the C-47s of the 440th Troop Carrier Group started to arrive from Baer Army Airfield. Operational squadrons of the group were: 95th Troop Carrier Squadron (9X) 96th Troop Carrier Squadron (6Z) 97th Troop Carrier Squadron (W6) 98th Troop Carrier Squadron (8Y) After using the airfield during the following two months for glider repair and modification, the USAAF then departed. Subsequent RAF wartime use The USAAF relinquished Bottesford to No. 5 Group Bomber Command in July 1944. After the end of the war, a small holding party remained for a few years until it was sold off in 1948. The following units were also here at some point: Current use With the facility released from military control, farmers were using the land for crops. Today, the technical site buildings are operated as an industrial facility. Runways, all of which still exist with just a small amount of concrete (mostly dispersal loops) being removed for hardcore. The perimeter track and two T-2 hangars still exist, being used for unknown purposes, although the condition of the perimeter track is very deteriorated. The former airfield control tower has been restored and used as offices. See also List of former Royal Air Force stations References Citations Bibliography Freeman, Roger A. (1994) UK Airfields of the Ninth: Then and Now 1994. After the Battle External links RAF Bottesford RAF Bottesford at controltowers.co.uk Recent photos of RAF Bottesford Airfields of the IX Troop Carrier Command in the United Kingdom Royal Air Force stations in Leicestershire Royal Air Force stations of World War II in the United Kingdom