Airport
| QinetiQ Pershore | |||||||||||
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| Owner | QinetiQ | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1978 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 121 ft / 37 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 52°08′33″N 2°2′11″W / 52.14250°N 2.03639°W / 52.14250; -2.03639 | ||||||||||
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  QinetiQ PershoreShown within Worcestershire | |||||||||||
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QinetiQ Pershore is a Business Park and Trials Centre operated by QinetiQ. The site is located near the village of Throckmorton, Worcestershire, England.
History
The site was created during 1933/4 for use by the Royal Air Force as a training station under the name of RAF Pershore.
The following units were posted here at some point:
- No. 1 Aircraft Preparation Unit RAF
- No. 1 Ferry Unit RAF
- No. 10 (Advanced) Flying Training School RAF
- No. 23 Operational Training Unit RAF with Vickers Wellingtons.
- No. 50 Gliding School RAF
- No. 1516 (Beam Approach Training) Flight RAF
- No. 1681 (Bomber) Defence Training Flight RAF
- Radar Research Flying Unit RAF (RRFU). - previously at RAF Defford
The RAF station closed down during 1978.
Current use
The site is currently a Business Park and Trials Centre.
It has occasionally been opened as an aerodrome, hosting an airshow. The last such event was scheduled for 11 June 2016.
References
- ^ "Pershore (Throckmorton)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- "Locations - UK - Pershore". QinetiQ. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- "Perhaps the last opportunity - RAF Pershore Disused".