Royal Air Force Worcester, or more simply RAF Worcester, is a former Royal Air Force relief landing ground (RLG) which was located north east of Worcester city centre, Worcestershire, England and south west of Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire. It was also known as RAF Perdiswell.
Posted units
The following units were here at some point: No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School RAF (2 EFTS) became No. 6 (Supplementary) Flying Instructors School RAF became No. 6 Flying Instructors School RAF became No. 6 Flying Instructors School (Elementary) RAF became 2 EFTS No. 24 Group Communication Flight RAF No. 81 Group Communication Flight RAF No. 2790 Squadron RAF Regiment
Accidents and incidents
5 June 1940 Bristol Blenheim L1232 of No. 5 Operational Training Unit overshot at night and hit a house.Aviation Archaeology – crashes in the south west midlands during 1940
17 October 1941 de Havilland Tiger Moth T5856 of No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS) crashed when landing.Aviation Archaeology – crashes in the south west midlands during 1941
15 July 1942 Miles Magister R1956 of No. 6 Flying Instructors School (FIS) hit a gunpost on take-off.Aviation Archaeology – crashes in the south west midlands during 1942
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.Clarke Gable Perdiswell Feature – BBC
16 May 1943 Airspeed Oxford R9983 of No. 15 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF crashed on takeoff.Aviation Archaeology – crashes in the south west midlands during 1943
Postwar Between 1954 and 1968 a Spitfire was used as a gate guard at the site. Since 2005 the spitfire in question has been in the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow.
The airfield has been turned into Perdiswell Park and Ravenmeadow Golf Course.
References Citations
Bibliography
External links BBC History – A Memory of Worcester During the War