QinetiQ Pershore

QinetiQ Pershore
IATA: none ICAO: none
Summary
Owner	QinetiQ
Opened	1978
Elevation  AMSL	121 ft / 37 m
Coordinates	52°08′33″N2°2′11″W / 52.14250°N 2.03639°W / 52.14250; -2.03639
Map
QinetiQ Pershore Shown within Worcestershire
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 00/00 0 0 Concrete

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 ^[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

The 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

1. "Pershore (Throckmorton)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust . Retrieved 9 December 2014.
2. "Locations - UK - Pershore". QinetiQ. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
3. "Perhaps the last opportunity - RAF Pershore Disused".