Netheravon, Wiltshire
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Opened : 16 June 1913
Closed : n/a USAAF Sta No : n/a Current use : Army Air Corps ARG Forum - Netheravon The Army Parachute Association This page last updated on : 23 November 2016 |
Air Ministry Boundary Markers
Airfield Defences
Airfield Main Entrance
BUILDING 1a : Fire Station & Picket
BUILDING 9 : Officers Mess
BUILDING 11a-j : Single Officers Quarters
BUILDING 15 : Barrack Store & Post Office
Originally built in 1913 and completed in 1914, this building is Grade II listed and forms part of a unique landscape of early Royal Flying Corps buildings at Netheravon. As of 2013 it is vacant.
BUILDING 16 : Squash Court
BUILDING 17 : Tailors & Barbers Shop
BUILDING 19 : SNCO's Accommodation
Originally built in 1913 and completed in 1914, this building is Grade II listed and forms part of a unique landscape of early Royal Flying Corps buildings at Netheravon. The SNCO's Accommodation was also used as the Sergeants Mess, it was later used as the Regimental Headquarters and as of 2013 it is vacant.
BUILDING 20 : Dining Room & Cookhouse
BUILDING 22a : Store
BUILDING 25 : Central Heating Station
BUILDING 29k-u : Airmens Barracks
Originally built in 1913 and completed in 1914, these buildings are Grade II listed and form part of a unique landscape of early Royal Flying Corps buildings at Netheravon. The Airmens Barracks have had a variety of uses since being built, they were used as Classrooms for a number of years and as of 2013 they were all vacant.
BUILDING 30 : Air Ministry Works Department Garage
BUILDING 38a : Handley-Page Coupled Aircraft Storage Sheds
This building is Grade II listed and form part of a unique landscape of early Royal Flying Corps buildings at Netheravon. Originally built in about 1918 as a hangar for the Handley Page 0/400 bombers, it has had a variety of uses and is currently used for Motor Transport.
BUILDING 38b : Handley-Page Coupled Aircraft Storage Sheds
This building was originally built in about 1918 as a hangar for the Handley Page 0/400 bombers, it has had a variety of uses and was last used as for general storage. The building was unique as it had a sloping floor, though it was not known why this was. As you can see by my photos it was in a poor state on my visit in September 2013 and it was demolished during 2014.
BUILDING 43b : Fire Tender & Inflammable Store
BUILDING 43c : Accounts Office
BUILDING 55 : Armament Oil Store
BUILDING 57 : Station Armoury
BUILDING 63 : Technical Latrine
BUILDING 80 : Gymnasium, Lecture Room, Cinema, Training Wing HQ & Education Centre
BUILDING 83 : Airmen's Institute
Originally built in 1913 and completed in 1914, these buildings are Grade II listed and form part of a unique landscape of early Royal Flying Corps buildings at Netheravon. The Airmens Institute was later used as the Warrant Officers & Sergeants Mess and as of 2013 is vacant.
BUILDING 94 : Hangar / Type A Aircraft Shed
At some point during the buildings life it was used as a gymnasium but on my visit in September 2013 it was being used for the purpose it was originally built, storing aircraft.
BUILDING 95a : Watch Office
The former watch office has been used as a Sports Store and as Offices for the Defence Fire Service. As of 2013, it is believed the building is vacant.
BUILDING 96 : Local Control Building (Side-by-Side Type)
Gate Guards
MEMORIAL SITE : 7 Regiment Army Air Corp Memorial
Runways & Taxiways
Water Tower
