Meteor WD686, the last ‘plane to fly out of Defford before the airfield finally closed for flying in 1958, has returned.
The Meteor, imm
aculately restored in the workshops of the Boscombe Down Aviation Collection (BDAC) at Old Sarum is now on display at the RAF Defford Museum, National Trust Croome.
The Meteor display is supported by Museum volunteers and detailed explanatory boards. Open cockpit events are planned with dates to be advised soon.
Defford Airfield closed for flying and use for flying research on behalf of the Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE) and by all other users, because the main runway was not long enough nor strong enough to take the new ‘V-bombers’ then coming into service. The whole flying operation of the Royal Radar Establishment, as it became, moved to nearby Pershore airfield.
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