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 | |
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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.