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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]
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]
RAF Lakenheath: Gloster Javelin FAW.1: XA564: Handley Page Hastings T.5: TG511: Handley Page Victor K.2: XH672 "Maid Marion" No. 55 Squadron RAF: Hawker Hunter T.7A: XL568: No. 74 Squadron RAF: Avro Vulcan B.2: XM598: No. 44 Squadron RAF Operation Black Buck / Falklands War reserve aircraft. Mikoyan MiG-15bis: 1120: Polish Air Force: Mikoyan ...
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.
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 ]
English: RAF Museum, Cosford Vulcan bomber outside at Cosford before construction of the new COLD WAR MUSEUM. Date: 3 December 2004: Source:
In 1998, the former Cosford Aerospace Museum formerly merged with the RAF Museum and became its second public site. [3] The current governing document of the museum is a Royal charter granted in 2021. [4] In the financial year ending 2023, the museum had an income of £19.8 million.
Supermarine Spitfires and Vickers Wellingtons at RAF Brockton. [12] Avro Ansons and Supermarine Spitfires at RAF Cosford. [9] Supermarine Spitfires at RAF Weston Park. [11] No. 10 MU RAF Hullavington. [13] between 8 Jul 1938 and 31 Dec 1959. No. 23 Down Farm No. 31 Everleigh No. 14 Overley Park Temporary Dispersals at: Mousehold 1940 Yatesbury 1940