Photo Gallery

Control Tower. Also shows where the station two letter identifier was - on toop 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.

Communal Site #1. The Enlisted Mess is just above the tennis courts (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)

Site 2 where the enlisted personnel from S-2, HQ, Photo Lab, and MPs were quartered

Figure 8 418th BS Hardstands with 7 B-17Gs

WAAF site #1. My understanding is this area was used by officers, both flying and ground...Karl Hauffe (Jan 2007)

“Red Cross Aero Club”. Note the tennis court in the top of the photo in order to locate it on Communal Site #1

Chow line and Mess hall 1943 is actually part of Site 3. Latrine and Ablutions building are shown in upper part of picture and the short Nissen is identified as a picket post (there was supposed to be one at each site) but may have been used for other purposes. The one at Site 4 was used as a Post Office

Communal Site #1 again, probably taken from (or close to) the tennis court. Again the Standby Generator building makes an appearance in the upper left.

touchdown at thorpe abbotts

Base security at dusk