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 |
ADMINISTRATION SITE (WW2) : Crew Briefing Room
ADMINISTRATION SITE (WW2) : Norden Bomb Site Store
ADMINISTRATION SITE (WW2) : Operations Block
AIRFIELD SITE : 81st Component Repair Squadron Test Cell
AIRFIELD SITE : 81st Tactical Fighter Wing Mission Support Building
AIRFIELD SITE : 527th Aggressor Squadron Operations Building
AIRFIELD SITE : A-10 Aircraft Simulator Facility
AIRFIELD SITE : Aerial Views of RAF Bentwaters
AIRFIELD SITE : Aircraft Dispersals
AIRFIELD SITE : Aircraft Readiness Platform
AIRFIELD SITE : Airfield Boundary Markers
AIRFIELD SITE : Airfield Views
AIRFIELD SITE : Airfield Warning Signs
AIRFIELD SITE : Archery Range
AIRFIELD SITE : Base Chapel & Memorial Gardens
AIRFIELD SITE : Base Community Centre
AIRFIELD SITE : Base Shops
AIRFIELD SITE : Baseball Pitch
AIRFIELD SITE : Bird Control Hut
AIRFIELD SITE : Bus Shelter
AIRFIELD SITE : Floodlight Tractor & Trailer Shed (WW2)
AIRFIELD SITE : Gate Guard
AIRFIELD SITE : Hush House Facility
AIRFIELD SITE : Ivy Lodge Gate Entrance
AIRFIELD SITE : Latrine Block
AIRFIELD SITE : Main Entrance
AIRFIELD SITE : Night Flying Equipment Store (WW2)
AIRFIELD SITE : RAF Bentwaters Sign
AIRFIELD SITE : Runway Arrestor Barrier Installations
AIRFIELD SITE : Runways
AIRFIELD SITE : Taxiways
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AIRFIELD SITE : Victor Alert Area Entry Control Point
AIRFIELD SITE : Water Tower
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
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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
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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
