RAF Defford [entry point]
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RAF Defford was located in Worcestershire 7 miles (12 kms) west of Evesham
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RAF Defford was opened in 1941 on land requisitioned from the Croome Park Estate. The station was initially used as a satellite ground for the Wellingtons of 23 Operational Training Unit based at RAF Pershore. In May 1942 the Telecommunications Flying Unit (TFU) moved to RAF Defford to conduct flight trials for the radar development work being conducted at the Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE) in nearby Malvern. The secret work conducted by the TRE and at RAF Defford led, amongst other things, to airborne radar used by RAF night fighters and Window, Oboe and H2S used by Bomber Command as aids for defence, navigation and blind bombing. Post war the TFU was renamed the Radar Research Flying Unit. Flying ceased in 1957 and today Croome Park Estate is owned by the National Trust with a museum telling the story of the TFU.
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