{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox airport | name = QinetiQ Pershore | nativename = | nativename-a = | nativename-r = | image = | image-width = <!-- if less than 200 --> | image_alt = | caption = | image2 = | image2-width = <!-- if less than 200 --> | image2_alt = | caption2 = | IATA = | ICAO = | FAA = | TC = | LID = | GPS = | WMO = | type = | owner-oper = | owner = QinetiQ | operator = | city-served = | location = | opened = 1978 | closed = <!-- {{end date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | elevation-f = {{Convert|37|m|disp=output number only|0}} | elevation-m = 37 | metric-elev = | coordinates = {{coord|52|08|33|N|2|2|11|W|type:airport_region:Worcestershire|display=inline,title}} | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> | pushpin_map = Worcestershire | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Shown within Worcestershire | pushpin_relief = | pushpin_image = | pushpin_label = QinetiQ Pershore | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_mark = | pushpin_marksize = | r1-number = 00/00 | r1-length-f = 0 | r1-length-m = 0 | r1-surface = Concrete | footnotes = }} '''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<ref name="ABCT">{{cite web|url=https://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/airfield-finder/pershore-throckmorton/ |title=Pershore (Throckmorton) |publisher=Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust|access-date=9 December 2014}}</ref> * No. 1 Ferry Unit RAF<ref name="ABCT"/> * No. 10 (Advanced) Flying Training School RAF<ref name="ABCT"/> * No. 23 Operational Training Unit RAF<ref name="ABCT"/> with Vickers Wellingtons. * No. 50 Gliding School RAF<ref name="ABCT"/> * No. 1516 (Beam Approach Training) Flight RAF<ref name="ABCT"/> * No. 1681 (Bomber) Defence Training Flight RAF<ref name="ABCT"/> * Radar Research Flying Unit RAF (RRFU).<ref name="ABCT"/> - previously at RAF Defford
The RAF station closed down during 1978.
==Current use==
The site is currently a Business Park and Trials Centre.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.qinetiq.com/Locations|title=Locations - UK - Pershore|publisher=QinetiQ|access-date=27 May 2020}}</ref>
It has occasionally been opened as an aerodrome, hosting an airshow. The last such event was scheduled for 11 June 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pprune.org/private-flying/579837-perhaps-last-opportunity-raf-pershore-disused.html|title = Perhaps the last opportunity - RAF Pershore Disused}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Royal Air Force}} {{Royal Air Force stations in Worcestershire}}
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