Bentwaters, Suffolk
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Opened : November 1944
Closed : 1 July 1993 USAAF Sta No : 151 Current use : Industrial Park / Limited Aviation / Filming / Museum Facebook - RAF Bentwaters/RAF Woodbridge Bentwaters Cold War Museum Bentwaters Parks This page last updated on : 30 May 2017 |
Aerial Views of RAF Bentwaters
Airfield Views
81st Component Repair Squadron Test Cell
81st Tactical Fighter Wing Mission Support Building
527th Aggressor Squadron Operations Building
A-10 Aircraft Simulator Facility
Airfield Boundary Markers
Airfield Warning Signs
Archery Range
Base Chapel & Memorial Gardens
Base Community Centre
Base Shops
Baseball Pitch
Bird Control Hut
BUILDING 8 : Unknown
BUILDING 40 : Unknown
Built in 1943/44 this building was originally the Gas Clothing & Respirator Store. It has had various uses over the years but it is not known what its main use was for.
BUILDING 43 : Wash Rack
BUILDING 45 : 81st Transportation Commander, First Sgt Orderly Room & Surface Freight
Originally built in around 1943 this is a wartime T2 Aircraft Shed (Hangar). The annexes are post war additions.
BUILDING 53 : Consolidated Base Personnel Office
BUILDING 59 : Postal Service Center
BUILDING 61 : Control Tower
BUILDING 89 : Unknown
BUILDING 131 : Fuel Control Centre & Drivers Lounge
BUILDING 134 : Hardened Command Post
BUILDING 136 : Supply Squadron
BUILDING 174 : Unknown
BUILDING 398 : Fissile Pit Storage Igloo
BUILDING 399 : Weapons Storage Area Maintenance & Inspection Building
BUILDING 400 : Unknown
BUILDING 510 : Unknown
BUILDING 522 : Hardened POL Vehicle Shelter
BUILDING 524 : Garages
BUILDING 551 : Weapons Storage Area Guard Tower
BUILDING 552 : Bomb Storage Igloo
BUILDING 553 : Bomb Storage Igloo
BUILDING 557 : Fire Department Building & Emergency Vehicles Garage
BUILDING 560 : Weapons Storage Area Alert Fire Team Facility
This building was used in the 1970's and 1980's as the Weapons Storage Area Alert Fire Team Facility. It may well of had other uses but I am not sure what these were.
BUILDING 564 : Deputy Commander Operations & Wing Intelligence
BUILDING 567 : Deputy Commander Maintenance
BUILDING 589 : 81st Component Repair Squadron Jet Propulsion Shop
BUILDING 640 : Weapons Storage Igloo Type C
BUILDING 643 : Weapons Storage Igloo Type C
BUILDING 644 : Weapons Storage Igloo Type C
BUILDING 649 : Weapons Storage Area Guard Post & Security Gate
BUILDING 656 : Emergency Water Supply
BUILDING 661 : 81st Security Police Squadron K9 Dog Section
BUILDING 662 : Unknown
BUILDING 667 : Victor Alert Shed
BUILDING 669 : Victor Alert Shed
BUILDING 672 : Victor Alert Shed
BUILDING 673 : Victor Alert Shed
BUILDING 676 : Unknown
BUILDING 679 : 81st Security Police Wing Security Control
BUILDING 682 : Unknown
BUILDING 689 : Unknown
BUILDING 693 : Unknown
BUILDING 700 : Unknown
BUILDING 766 : Health & Fitness Center
BUILDING 705 : Missile Maintenance Office
BUILDING 715 : Passenger Terminal and HM Customs & Excise
BUILDING 845 : Unknown
BUILDING 1547 : Petroleum, Oils And Lubricants 'Site B' and B System Filter Pad
BUILDING 1602 : Hardened Aircraft Shelter
BUILDING 1604 : Hardened Aircraft Shelter
BUILDING 1605 : Hardened Aircraft Shelter
BUILDING 1607 : Hardened Aircraft Shelter
BUILDING 1608 : Hardened Aircraft Shelter
BUILDING 1609 : Hardened Aircraft Shelter
BUILDING 1610 : Hardened Aircraft Shelter
BUILDING 1614 : Hardened Aircraft Shelter
BUILDING 1615 : Hardened Aircraft Shelter
BUILDING 1616 : Hardened Aircraft Shelter
BUILDING 1617 : Hardened Aircraft Shelter
BUILDING 1618 : Hardened Aircraft Shelter
BUILDING 1619 : Hardened Aircraft Shelter
BUILDING 1622 : Hardened Aircraft Shelter
BUILDING 1679 : Unknown
BUILDING 1680 : Unknown
BUILDING 1681 : Unknown
BUILDING 1682 : Unknown
Bus Shelter
ENTRANCE : Ivy Lodge Gate Entrance
ENTRANCE : Main Entrance
Floodlight Tractor & Trailer Shed (WWII)
Gate Guard
Hush House Facility
Latrine Block
MEMORIAL SITE : 81st Fighter Wing Memorial Bench
MEMORIAL SITE : BCWM Memorial Plaque
MEMORIAL SITE : Boughton, Downey & Eckes Memorial Bench
MEMORIAL SITE : Colonel George S Dorman Memorial Stadium Sign
MEMORIAL SITE : Linn Barringer Memorial Bench
MEMORIAL SITE : RAF Bentwaters Memorial
Night Flying Equipment Store (WWII)
RAF Bentwaters Sign
Runways & Taxiways
Runway Arrestor Barrier Installations
Unknown Buildings
Victor Alert Area Entry Control Point
Water Tower
WWII ADMINISTRATION SITE : Crew Briefing Room
WWII ADMINISTRATION SITE : Norden Bomb Site Store
WWII ADMINISTRATION SITE : Operations Block
MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (BAC to Luscombe)
MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (Mainair to Westland)
