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121 ft / 37 m

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QinetiQ Group plc

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Opened
  
1978

QinetiQ Pershore

QinetiQ Pershore is a Business Park and Trials Centre operated by QinetiQ. The site is located near the village of Throckmorton, Worcestershire, England.

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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.
  • No. 1 Ferry Unit.
  • No. 10 Advanced Flying Training School.
  • No. 23 Operational Training Unit with Vickers Wellingtons.
  • No. 50 Gliding School.
  • No. 1516 BAT Flight.
  • No. 1681 (Bomber) Defence Training Flight.
  • Radar Research Flying Unit (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 is scheduled for June 11, 2016.

    References

    QinetiQ Pershore Wikipedia
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