HISTORIC Croome Park will be going back to the 1940s this weekend as it celebrates the 70th anniversary of wartime airfield RAF Defford.

Visitors to the National Trust-owned park will be able to soak up the atmosphere of World War Two with a host of attractions including re-enactments and 1940s vehicles. And on Saturday (July 17) there will even be a flypast from a Lancaster Bomber.

Croome was requisitioned to form part of a new airfield in 1940, and was used by the Telecommunications Flying Unit during WW2.

Buildings at Croome Park that originally housed a recovery ward, de-contamination chamber and surgical block have been refurbished in recent years and now house a visitors centre and 1940s-style canteen.

Other attractions on offer tomorrow and Sunday include a spy trail for children and a reconstruction of an RAF operations room in Croome Court’s Long Gallery.

The Malvern Hills District Brass Band will be playing a selection of classic wartime tunes and a range of period recipes will be on offer in the canteen.

Visitor services manager Amy Forster said: “We will be bringing the 1940s back to life by showing visitors some of the memories people had of that period and of the war.

“Some of our visitors will remember that time and we hope they will share their memories with us, but it will also be a fun day out for people of all ages with plenty to see and do.”

The event will be running from 11am-4pm and standard admission charges will apply. For more information call 01905 371006.