Dumfries, Dumfriesshire

Dumfries  /  Tinwald Downs
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1920 (ish)
1957
Housing / Industry / Museum
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e21886
13 August 2013
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www.dumfriesaviationmuseum.com

AIRFIELD SITE

AIRFIELD SITE : 360 Degree Aerial Video of RAF Dumfries Airfield

360 Degree Aerial Video of RAF Dumfries Airfield - 4 June 2023

AIRFIELD SITE : Airfield Views

AIRFIELD SITE : Runway 18/36

AIRFIELD SITE : Taxiways

AIRFIELD SITE : Type FW3/22 Pillbox

LOCATED AT : ​55.096479, -3.563443
EDOFBID : ​e02208

BUILDING 249 : Test Butt

LOCATED AT : ​55.093059, -3.563065
EDOFBID : ​e39341

BUILDING 250 : 25 Yard Machine Gun Range

LOCATED AT : ​55.093214, -3.562555
EDOFBID : ​e39340

AIRFIELD SITE No.1

BUILDING 1 : Hangar / Type 'K' Aircraft Shed

BUILDING 2 : Hangar / Type 'J' Aircraft Shed

BUILDING 3 : Hangar / Type 'K' Aircraft Shed

BUILDING 7 : Workshops

BUILDING 9 : Main Stores

BUILDING 10 : Mechanical Transport Vehicle Shed & Yard​

BUILDING 13 : Gas Decontamination Centre

Type 'E'

BUILDING 15 : Canteen

BUILDING 17 : Petrol Tanker Shed

2 Bay

BUILDING 24 : Office Block & Telephone Exchange

AIRFIELD SITE No.2

BUILDING 130X : Hangar / Type 'K' Aircraft Shed

BUILDING 132Z : Hangar / Type 'K' Aircraft Shed

BUILDING 147 : Gas Defence Centre

BUILDING 148 : Turret Instructional Building

Type 'B'

BUILDING 149 & 150 : Air Ministry Laboratory (AML) Bombing Teacher Building

BUILDING 153 & 154 : Air Ministry Laboratory (AML) Bombing Teacher Building

BUILDING 155 : School Block

BUILDING 156 : Bicycle Repair Maintenance, Gas Clothing Store & Salvage Centre

BUILDING 157 : Link Trainer Building

2 Trainers

BUILDING 158 : Sick Quarters

BUILDING 159 : Ambulance Garage & Mortuary

BUILDING 160 : Acetylene Welders & Blacksmiths Shop

BUILDING 162 : Fabric Store

BUILDING 163 : Barrack Block

(With NCO Room & Store)

BUILDING 176 : Barrack Block

(With NCO Room & Store)

BUILDING 179 : Barrack Block

(With NCO Room & Store)

BUILDING 183 : Barrack Block & Dental Surgery

BUILDING 204 : Station Headquarters Offices

BUILDING 205 : Wardens Office & Cycle Park​

BUILDING 208 : Service Police Sleeping Quarters

(Existing Guard & Fire Party Hut)

BUILDING 209 : Fire Tender Shelter

BUILDING 218 : Dining Room

BUILDING 219 : Ration Store

BUILDING 220 : Grocery & Local Produce Store

BUILDING 222 : Officers Mess

BUILDING 238 : D/F Instruction Block

Type 'A'

BUILDING 240 : Transformer Kiosk

BUILDING 247 : Gymnasium & Chancel

BUILDING 255 : Control Tower / Flying Control Building

BUILDING 256 : Photographic Block

BUILDING 264 : Free Gunnery Trainer & D.R. Instructors

BUILDING 265 : Synthetic Trainer (Cinema)

BUILDING 272 : Squash Court

AIRFIELD SITE No.3

BUILDING 2 : Hangar / Type 'L' Aircraft Shed

MEMORIALS AT DUMFRIES

MEMORIAL SITE : 1830 RNVR Squadron Memorial Bench

MEMORIAL SITE : Belgian Air Force DC-3 Dakota Memorial Plaque

MEMORIAL SITE : Dumfries And Galloway Aviation Memorial

MEMORIAL SITE : Parachute Regiment And Airborne Forces Memorial

MEMORIAL SITE : St Michaels Cemetery

Buried in this Cemetery are:
Sergeant Eric Brown (Royal Air Force)
Aircraftman 2nd Class George Callander Coupland (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve)
Sergeant John Waugh Frazer Coupland (Royal Air Force)
Flight Sergeant John Crichton (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve)
Sergeant Gordon Hunter Jackson (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve)
Sergeant Adam Keen (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve)
Flight Cadet B G Preece (Royal Air Force)
Flying Officer Ian George Walker​ (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve)

MEMORIAL SITE : Wellington (HE746) Memorial

MISCELLANEOUS

MISCELLANEOUS : Catherinefield Industrial Estate Directory Board

MISCELLANEOUS : Dumfries Airfield Plan

MISCELLANEOUS : English Electric Lightning F.53 (ZF584)

MISCELLANEOUS : Road Names

Road Names include:
Hercules Lane
​Hurricane Road
​Lancaster Lane
Spitfire Crescent

MUSEUMS AT DUMFRIES

MUSEUM SITE : Dumfries & Galloway Aviation Museum