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Control Tower Types


Admiralty 3-Storey Watch Office
Drawing Number : 
NOT KNOWN

Example seen at Hinstock, Shropshire.
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Admiralty 4-Storey Watch Office
Drawing Number : 
NOT KNOWN

Example seen at Crail, Fife.
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Chief Flying Instructors Block
Air Ministry Drawing Number : 
5740/36

Example seen at South Cerney, Gloucestershire.
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Control Tower, Revised Type
Air Ministry Drawing Number : 5223a/51

Example seen at North Weald, Essex.
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Control Tower, Vertical Split Control Type
Air Ministry Drawing Number : 2548c/55

Example seen at Lyneham, Wiltshire.
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Control Tower for V Bomber Stations
Air Ministry Drawing Number : NOT KNOWN

Example seen at Wittering, Northamptonshire.
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Control Tower for Very Heavy Bomber Stations
Air Ministry Drawing Number : 294/45

Example seen at Sculthorpe, Norfolk.
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Control Tower for Very Heavy Transport Stations
Air Ministry Drawing Number : 6595/43

Example seen at St Mawgan, Cornwall.
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Local Control Building (Side-by-Side Type)
Air Ministry Drawing Number : 7378a/55 & 5871c/55

Example seen at Waddington, Lincolnshire.
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SLG Bungalow Type Watch Office
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Air Ministry Drawing Number : Not Known

Example seen at Wath Head, Cumberland (Cumbria).
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Watch Office, Pre-War Design
Air Ministry Drawing Number : 756/36

Example sen at Manby, Lincolnshire.
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Watch Office for All Commands
Air Ministry Drawing Number : 12779/41

Example seen at Duxford, Cambridgeshire.
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Watch Office for All Commands with Small Windows
Air Ministry Drawing Number : 12779/41 & 15371/41

Example seen at Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
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Watch Office for All Commands
Air Ministry Drawing Number : 343/43

Example seen at Kingston Bagpuize, Berkshire.
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Watch Office for Bomber Satellite & Operational Training Unit (OTU) Stations
Air Ministry Drawing Number : 13726/41

Example seen at Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk.
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Watch Office for Bomber Satellite Stations
Air Ministry Drawing Number : 7345/41 & 13079/41

Example seen at Alconbury, Huntingdonshire.
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Watch Office for Bomber Satellite Stations
Air Ministry Drawing Number : 
7345/41, 13079/41 & 4170/43

Example seen at Edgehill, Warwickshire.
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Watch Office for Fighter Satellite Stations
Air Ministry Drawing Number : 17658/40

Example seen at Condover, Shropshire.
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Watch Office for Fighter Satellite Stations and Switch Room
Air Ministry Drawing Number : 3156/41 & 1536/42

Example seen at Ludham, Norfolk.
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Watch Office for Fighter Satellite Stations with Extension and Observation Room
Air Ministry Drawing Number : 17658/40 & 7332/42

Example seen at Montford Bridge, Shropshire.
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Watch Office for Night Fighter Stations
Air Ministry Drawing Number : 12096/41

Example seen at Twinwood Farm, Bedfordshire.
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Watch Office for Night Fighter Stations
Air Ministry Drawing Number : 15684/41

Example seen at Winkleigh, Devon.
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Watch Office for Night Fighter Stations
Air Ministry Drawing Number : FCW.4514

Example seen at Melbourne, Yorkshire.
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Watch Office for Night Fighter Stations with Fighter Signalling Penthouse
Air Ministry Drawing Number : 12096/41 & 10413/42

Example seen at Coleby Grange, Lincolnshire.
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Watch Office with Met Section
Air Ministry Drawing Number : ​518/40

Example seen at Wymeswold, Leicestershire.
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Watch Office with Met Section (Brick)
Air Ministry Drawing Number : ​5845/39

Example seen at Swanton Morley, Norfolk.
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Watch Office with Met Section (Concrete)
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Air Ministry Drawing Number : ​2328/39

Example seen at Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire.
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Watch Office With Tower (Brick)
Air Ministry Drawing Number : ​1959/34

Example seen at Odiham, Hampshire.
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Watch Office With Tower (Concrete) and Control Room
Air Ministry Drawing Number : ​207/36 & 4698/34

Example seen at West Raynham, Norfolk.
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Watch Office Without Tower
​Air Ministry Drawing Number : ​2062/34

Example seen at Turnhouse, Midlothian.
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