RAF Cosford Hospital | |
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Geography | |
Location | RAF Cosford, Shropshire, England |
Coordinates | 52°39′04″N 2°17′20″W / 52.651°N 2.289°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | Military |
Funding | Government/NHS |
Services | |
Beds | 612 (1941)[1] |
History | |
Opened | 1940 |
Closed | 31 December 1977 |
Demolished | 1980 |
Links | |
Lists | Hospitals in England |
RAF Hospital Cosford was a Royal Air Force staffed military hospital at RAF Cosford, Shropshire, England. The hospital opened in 1940, and was one of a handful of Second World War era RAF hospitals that were kept open post Second World War, remaining a military asset until 1977, although it also treated non-service patients. It was known for its personnel reception centre (No. 106 PRC), which dealt with returning prisoners of war in 1945.