Cosford
| Also known as: | Cosford Aerodrome / DCAE Cosford / RAF Cosford / RAF Museum Cosford / RAF Station, Cosford |
| County: | Shropshire |
| Current Status: | Aviation / Museum |
| Date: | Opened August 1938 |
| Current Use: | Active |
| Used By: | RAF (main user) / Civil |
| Landing Surface Types: | Unpaved, later paved |
| Aircraft Roles: | Air ambulance / Aircraft ferrying / Aircraft preparation/storage (main role) / Army aviation / General aviation / Military development/support / Trainer (main role) |
- Albrighton Parish Council
- Cosford HIVE
- Donington with Boscobel Parish Council
- National Cold War Exhibition
- RAF Museum Cosford
Main unit(s) present:
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No 1 Camouflage Unit
- No 1 Radio School
- No 1 Servicing Section
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No 1 SoTT
- No 2 Air Armament School
- No 2 Officers' School
- No 2 Servicing Flight
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No 2 SoTT
- No 3 Mobile Glider Servicing Party
- No 4 Servicing Flight
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No 5 Aircraft Storage Unit
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No 5 Holding Unit (Overseas)
- No 5 Initial Training School
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No 5 SFTS
- No 6 Servicing Flight
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No 8 AEF
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No 9 MU
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No 12 FP ATA
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No 12 FPP
- No 12 School of Recruit Training
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No 15 Radio School
- No 16 Servicing Flight
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No 42 GS
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No 48 GS
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No 58 MU
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No 76 MU
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No 106 Personnel Dispersal Centre
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No 236 MU
- No 416 (Army Co-operation) Flight
- No 605 Sqn RAuxAF
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No 633 GS
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No 633 VGS
- No 804 Defence Sqn
- Aerosystems Engineering and Management Training School (AE&MTS)
- Defence College of Aeronautical Engineering (DCAE)
- Defence School of Aeronautical Engineering (DSAE)
- Defence School of Photography
- HQ Defence School of Engineering
- Joint School of Photography
- Midlands Air Ambulance Charity
- RAF Cosford Flying Club
- RAF Cosford Voluntary Band
- RAF Officer Cadet Training Unit
- RAF School of Physical Training
- Robson Academy of Resilience
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School of Photography
- Station Flight, Cosford
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University of Birmingham Air Sqn
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Wrekin GC
The control tower and hangars at Cosford, 6 August 2006.
Fulton Block at at Cosford, 10 September 2000.
Fulton Block at at Cosford, 10 September 2000.
Hangars at Cosford, taken from the train station, 29 August 2005.
Hangars at Cosford, 9 October 2005.
Barrack Rooms at Cosford, 30 August 2007.
The Sergeants' Mess at Cosford, 31 August 2007.
A runway at Cosford, 28 February 2008.
A Firing Range at Cosford, 16 May 2010.
The Air Ambulance hangar at Cosford, 16 May 2010.
The Air Ambulance hangar at Cosford, 20 October 2013.
Avro Vulcan XH588 over a hangar at Cosford, 8 June 2014.
Hangar 1 at Cosford, 5 September 2019.
Part of the RAF Museum at Cosford, 5 September 2019.
Footage of Cosford, 1963. Courtesy of British Pathé
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