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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]
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The RAF Airfield Construction Branch (previously called the RAF Airfield Construction Service) constructed and repaired runways, hard-standings, buildings and other facilities as required by the Royal Air Force in the United Kingdom and overseas.
RAF Airfield Construction Branch plant store and training base RAF Millom: England Cumbria: 1941 1945 Now HM Prison Haverigg: RAF Milltown: Scotland Morayshire: 1943 2001 Closed for flying in 1977, retained by the RAF as a high frequency signals transmitter station until transfer to the Defence Communication Services Agency in 2001. HF station ...
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 ]
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.
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