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Airport type
  
Military

In use
  
1940 - 1945

12/30
  
2,955

Year built
  
1940

Location
  
Worcester

Elevation AMSL
  
96 ft / 30 m

2,955
  
900

Operator
  
Royal Air Force

RAF Worcester

RAF Worcester was a Royal Air Force relief landing ground (RLG) which was located 1.7 miles (2.7 km) north east of Worcester city centre, Worcestershire, England and 4.4 miles (7.1 km) south west of Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire.

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Based units

No.2 Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS) flying Tiger Moths were based at Worcester between 27 October 1940 and 9 July 1945.

Accidents and incidents

5 June 1940 Bristol Blenheim L1232 of No.5 Operational Training Unit overshot at night and hit a house.

17 October 1941 Tiger Moth T5856 of 2 Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS) crashed when landing.

15 July 1942 Miles Magister R1956 of No.6 Flying Instructors School (FIS) hit a gunpost on take-off.

September 1942 Douglas Dakota en route from Pershore with a film crew crashed blocking the Bilford Road. The co-pilot was the American film actor Clark Gable who was involved with a planned gunnery training film.

16 May 1943 Airspeed Oxford R9983 of No.15 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit crashed on take off.

The airfield today

The airfield has been turned into Perdiswell Park and Ravenmeadow Golf Course.

References

RAF Worcester Wikipedia