Ossington Airfield

I remember Ossington airfield in the late 1950s and early 60s, it was a good place to learn to handle a car before you were old enough to drive on the road, lots of people learnt to drive there the runways were still intact in those days. Also when go-carts first appeared around 1960 people would take them there, it was fun watching several of them racing around, it couldn't happen today to many health and safety implications. A lot of people went there on a sunny Sunday afternoon at the end of summer to pick blackberrys there were lots of them, everywhere that was grass when it was an aerodrome ended up covered in blackberrys.                                                         It's interesting to learn that the fledgling BOAC trained there in their converted Lancasters, I'm always interested to hear anything about Nottinghamshire aviation history.

Reference page at http://www.ournottinghamshire.org.uk/page/ossington_airfield#commentsform

The last paragraph on this page mentions that "Work is currently ongoing to locate the families / relatives of the Canadian airmen lost in this crash.".  I am quite certain that one of those airmen lost was my uncle F/O John Clair McLeod of Minnedosa, Manitoba, Canada.  He was survived by 2 brothers and 2 sisters and was the son of Albert and Maude McLeod.  I have very little other information about him other than where he was buried.  I someone ther can forward this to whoever is seeking information I would be happy to entertain the contact, not that there would be much I could add.

Thanks for the above Comment, Gavin.  We will make the author of the article on Ossington airfield aware of your contact, and hope we can put him in touch with you.  Thanks again for contacting OurNottinghamshire

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Thank you for the 'heads-up' Website Admin and thank you Gavin for responding to this request. We would be delighted to hear further details from you. These can be emailed to the museum via the following address admin@newarkairmuseum.org and we will get back in touch with you. We already have contact with some other families who have visited the memorials in Laxton. 

Gavin 

I was involved in researching the crash and getting the memorials in place – one near the actual crash site and one in Laxton Church.

We have contacts with Bob Eden whose Grandfather survived the crash, Len Caldwell whose step uncle was Edward Fernandez the Navigator and your Aunt Audrey Combs, Blair's sister, who visited Laxton in October last year and I had the pleasure of meeting her and her Daughter Doreen. Your Aunts contact details I can forward to you if you want them. Audrey has an album of photos of Clair, his crew and other photos.

Hello...recently learned my uncle, Sgt Lorne Herbert Johnston RCAF flew from Ossington as part of the OTU 82. He and his crew were killed in a crash in Yardley Goboin on March 20, 1944.

We will be travelling to Yardley Gobion for the 2018 Remembrance Day ceremonies and will be dedicating a new plaque of remembrance to my uncle and his crew mates and, as part of our tour, wish to go to the former site of RAF Ossington to visit where he served. Any suggestions on this part of the tour would be appreciated.

We will be travelling to Yardley Gobion for the 2018 Remembrance Day ceremonies and will be dedicating a new plaque of remembrance to my uncle and his crew mates and, as part of our tour, wish to go to the former site of RAF Ossington to visit where he served. Any suggestions on this part of the tour would be appreciated.

I expect that you know this already but just in case, there is a war cemetery in Harrogate where many airman are burried. Ft.Sgt. John Joseph Gordon RCAF who was a crew member of the "Farnsfield" Halifax is  burried there.. Robin Richardson.  

Hi All

i would love any info on this Airfiel, pictures, stories, there isn’t enough information on Ossington Airfield, we need to do something about it. 
I walk this area regular, and would be good to put some stories to the building and layout of the place.

Chris Franks