RAF Worcester
Worcester,Worcestershire in England
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Flying Training Command
Location
RAF Worcester Shown within Worcestershire
Coordinates	52°12′59″N002°12′14″W / 52.21639°N 2.20389°W /52.21639; -2.20389
Site history
Built	1940 (1940)
In use	1940-1945 (1945)
Battles/wars	Second World War
Airfield information
Elevation	30 metres (98 ft)AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 12/30 900 metres (2,953 ft) Grass

Royal Air Force Worcester, or more simplyRAF Worcester, is a formerRoyal Air Force relief landing ground (RLG) which was located 1.7 miles (2.7 km) north east ofWorcester city centre,Worcestershire,England and 4.4 miles (7.1 km) south west ofDroitwich Spa, Worcestershire.

The following units were here at some point:^[1]

• No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School RAF (2 EFTS)^[1] becameNo. 6 (Supplementary) Flying Instructors School RAF^[1] becameNo. 6 Flying Instructors School RAF^[1] becameNo. 6 Flying Instructors School (Elementary) RAF^[1] became 2 EFTS^[2]
• No. 24 Group Communication Flight RAF^[1]
• No. 81 Group Communication Flight RAF^[1]
• No. 2790 Squadron RAF Regiment^[1]

5 June 1940Bristol Blenheim L1232 ofNo. 5 Operational Training Unit overshot at night and hit a house.^[3]

17 October 1941de Havilland Tiger Moth T5856 of No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS) crashed when landing.^[4]

15 July 1942Miles Magister R1956 of No. 6 Flying Instructors School (FIS) hit a gunpost on take-off.^[5]

September 1942Douglas Dakota en route from Pershore with a film crew crashed blocking the Bilford Road. The co-pilot was the American film actorClark Gable who was involved with a planned gunnery training film.^[6]

16 May 1943Airspeed Oxford R9983 ofNo. 15 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF crashed on takeoff.^[7]

Between 1954 and 1968 aSpitfire was used as agate guard at the site.^[8] Since 2005 the spitfire in question has been in theKelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow.^[8]

The airfield has been turned into Perdiswell Park and Ravenmeadow Golf Course.^[1]

• Lake, A (1999).Flying units of the RAF.Shrewsbury: Airlife.ISBN 1-84037-086-6.

• BBC History – A Memory of Worcester During the War

• Royal Air Force stations in Worcestershire
• Military units and formations established in 1940
• Royal Air Force stations of World War II in the United Kingdom

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