QinetiQ Pershore
# QinetiQ Pershore

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
* No. 1 Ferry Unit RAF
* No. 10 (Advanced) Flying Training School RAF
* No. 23 Operational Training Unit RAF with Vickers Wellingtons.
* No. 50 Gliding School RAF
* No. 1516 (Beam Approach Training) Flight RAF
* No. 1681 (Bomber) Defence Training Flight RAF
* Radar Research Flying Unit RAF (RRFU). - previously at RAF Defford

The RAF station closed down during 1978.

## Current use

The site is currently a Business Park and Trials Centre.

It has occasionally been opened as an aerodrome, hosting an airshow. The last such event was scheduled for 11 June 2016.

