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RAF Cosford opened in 1938 as a joint aircraft maintenance, storage and technical training unit. [2] It was originally intended to be opened as RAF Donington (the parish in which it is located) but to avoid confusion with the nearby army camp at Donnington it was named after Cosford Grange House which was located at the south western edge of the airfield. [3]
Former RAF station, now an unmanned airfield used for training purposes predominantly by aircraft from RAF Brize Norton. [48] It is also used by the British Army for ground exercises, by Joint Aviation Command, [ 49 ] and by 47th Regiment Royal Artillery to fly the Watchkeeper UAV.
London Biggin Hill, a former RAF station This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They are listed under any former county or country name which was appropriate for the duration of operation. During 1991, the RAF had several Military Emergency Diversion Aerodrome (MEDA) airfields: RAF ...
The Royal Air Force Museum Midlands, located at RAF Cosford in Shropshire, is a free museum dedicated to the history of aviation and the Royal Air Force in particular. The museum is part of the Royal Air Force Museum, a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Ministry of Defence and also a registered charity. [2]
No. 307 (Polish) Squadron RAF: Bristol M.1c replica: C4994: No. 150 Squadron RAF: British Aerospace EAP: ZF534: EAP: Experimental Aircraft Programme, BAe Fairey Delta 2: WG777: Fairey Delta: A&AEE Gloster Gladiator I: K8042: No. 247 Squadron RAF: Hawker Afghan Hind: n/a: Hawker Hart II Trainer: K4972: No. 2 Flying Training School RAF at RAF ...
Some of the former No. 2 S of TT hangars on the airfield site at Cosford became the home of the RAF Museum site at the base. [14] By the 1980s, with the focus on the avionics, radar, and flight systems training, the school had become the largest ground training environment within the RAF. [15]
Cosford is a village in Shropshire, England. [1] It is located on the A41 road , which is itself just south of junction 3 on the M54 motorway . The village is very small and is mostly made up of dwellings that house Royal Air Force personnel who work at the adjacent RAF Cosford .
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. [7] It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, on the merger of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). [8]