RAF Worcester


Royal Air Force Worcester or more simply RAF Worcester is a former Royal Air Force relief landing ground which was located north east of Worcester city centre, Worcestershire, England and south west of Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire.

Posted units

The following units were here at some point:
5 June 1940 Bristol Blenheim L1232 of No. 5 Operational Training Unit overshot at night and hit a house.
17 October 1941 de Havilland Tiger Moth T5856 of No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School crashed when landing.
15 July 1942 Miles Magister R1956 of No. 6 Flying Instructors School 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 Advanced Flying Unit RAF crashed on take off.

The airfield today

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

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