Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139)
RDF workshop just west of the south end of runway 04/22
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RDF workshop
Black and white checkered trailer was a runway control caravan, probably at the east end of runway 10/28
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Black and white checkered trailer
Station Sick Quarters
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Station Sick Quarters
Station Sick Quarters - Ambulances shown in this photo
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Station Sick Quarters
Control tower. Also shows where the station two letter identifier was – on top of the tower! These were usually in the grass in front of the tower. Also confirms the ladder going up the east side of the tower.
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Control tower
Communal Site #1. The Enlisted Mess is just above the tennis court (didn’t know about that!) and the Sergeants Mess is at the top of the photo. The Sergeants Mess has what appears to be a Projection Extension on it, so I would guess it was used for showing movies. Just speculation at this point. In the upper left of the photo is the end of the Standby Generator building. At the lower left is a building identified on the airfield plans as the “Grocery and Produce Store”. It still exists and is referred to by the Museum staff as the Red Cross building. I wonder if that has been confused with the “Red Cross Aero Club” which shows up in another photo.... Karl Hauffe (Jan 2006)
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Communal Site #1
Site 2 where the enlisted personnel from S-2, HQ, Photo Lab, and MPs were quartered
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Site 2
Figure 8 418th BS Hardstands with 7 B-17Gs
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Figure 8 418th BS Hardstands
WAAF site #1. My understanding is this area was used by officers, both flying and ground...Karl Hauffe (Jan 2007)
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WAAF site #1
“Red Cross Aero Club”. Note the tennis court in the top of the photo in order to locate it on Communal Site #1
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“Red Cross Aero Club”