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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]
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]
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 ...
The DSAE headquarters is based at the RAF Cosford in Shropshire. The school reports to the Defence College of Technical Training (DCTT) which, in turn, is part of the Royal Air Force's No. 22 Group. Between 2004 and 2009 the station at Cosford was known as DCAE Cosford.
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.
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