Royal Air Force Bottesford or more simply RAF Bottesford is a former Royal Air Force station located on the Leicestershire-Lincolnshire county border, 6.8 miles (10.9 km) north west of Grantham, Lincolnshire and 7.6 miles (12.2 km) south of Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire.

Today the remains of the airfield are located on private property with the technical site being used as an industrial estate.

It was then opened as a reception base for Douglas C-47/C-53 Skytrain groups that were scheduled to fly in from the United States.

Operational squadrons of the group were: After using the airfield during the following two months for glider repair and modification, the USAAF then departed.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency