Pershore
Coordinates: 52 ° 7 ′ N , 2 ° 5 ′ W
Pershore is a town in Worcestershire , England . It has a population of about 8,000 and is located on the Avon River in the Wychavon district . Pershore is best known for the historic Pershore Abbey . Pershore has been a twin town of Bad Neustadt an der Saale since 1979 .
sons and daughters of the town
- Claude Stanley Choules (1901–2011), Marine of the First and Second World Wars , last living veteran of the First World War
RAF Pershore / QinetiQ Pershore
A few kilometers to the northeast there is a former airfield, the former Royal Air Force Station Pershore or RAF Pershore for short . The airfield was opened by the Royal Air Force in 1940 and served as an escape point for Vulcan bombers during the Cold War .
Today the former military airfield is called QinetiQ Pershore or Throckmorton Airfield . The company QinetiQ operates the facility as a test center and business park, and the "Throckmorton Air Show" has been taking place here since 2010.
