QinetiQ Pershore is a Business Park and Trials Centre operated by QinetiQ. The site is located near the village of Throckmorton, Worcestershire, England.
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 | ||||||||||
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  QinetiQ Pershore Shown within Worcestershire | |||||||||||
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History
editThe 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[1]
- No. 1 Ferry Unit RAF[1]
- No. 10 (Advanced) Flying Training School RAF[1]
- No. 23 Operational Training Unit RAF[1] with Vickers Wellingtons.
- No. 50 Gliding School RAF[1]
- No. 1516 (Beam Approach Training) Flight RAF[1]
- No. 1681 (Bomber) Defence Training Flight RAF[1]
- Radar Research Flying Unit RAF (RRFU).[1] - previously at RAF Defford
The RAF station closed down during 1978.
Current use
editThe site is currently a Business Park and Trials Centre.[2]
It has occasionally been opened as an aerodrome, hosting an airshow. The last such event was scheduled for 11 June 2016.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h "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".