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Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire

Waterbeach / Waterbeach Barracks
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11 January 1941
September 1974
Disused / Development
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EGUK

15 July 2016​
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AIRFIELD SITE : Aerial Views of RAF Waterbeach Airfield


AIRFIELD SITE : Aircraft Dispersals


AIRFIELD SITE : Barrack Block


AIRFIELD SITE : ​Bicycle Shed


AIRFIELD SITE : ​Blast Wall Protected Fighter Pen


AIRFIELD SITE :​ Fighter Command Type Central Armoury


AIRFIELD SITE : Golf Glub


AIRFIELD SITE : Gymnasium


AIRFIELD SITE : Ident Letters


AIRFIELD SITE : Latrine Block


AIRFIELD SITE : Rubb Hangar


AIRFIELD SITE : Runway 05/23


AIRFIELD SITE : Runway 05/23 (Gravel)


AIRFIELD SITE : Runway 10/28


AIRFIELD SITE : Runway 16/34


AIRFIELD SITE : Signal Square


AIRFIELD SITE : Taxiways


AIRFIELD SITE : Unknown


BUILDING 2 : ​Squash Courts


BUILDING 3 : ​Grocery & Local Produce Store


BUILDING 4 : ​Guard Room


BUILDING 7 : ​Officers Mess


BUILDING 11 : ​Ambulance Garage & Mortuary


BUILDING 13 : ​Station Sick Quarters


BUILDING 14 : Station Sick Quarters Annexe


BUILDING 16 : ​Station Headquarters & Operations Block


BUILDING 17 : Speech Broadcasting Building


BUILDING 29 : ​Sergeants Mess & Quarters


BUILDING 34 : ​Gas Chamber & Practice Bomb Store


BUILDING 43 : ​Hangar / Type J Aircraft Shed


BUILDING 44 : ​Hangar / Type T2 Aircraft Shed


BUILDING 50 : ​Main Workshops


BUILDING 55 & 56 : ​Crew Locker & Drying Rooms


BUILDING 60 : ​Gun Turret Instructional Building & Free Gunnery Trainer


BUILDING 63 : ​Armoury, Photographic Block & AML Bombing Teacher


BUILDING 64 : Latrine Block


BUILDING 66 : ​Lubricant & Inflammables Store


BUILDING 67 : ​Parachute Store


BUILDING 68 : ​Dinghy Store


BUILDING 69 : ​Compressor House


BUILDING 70 : ​A.M.D.W Store


BUILDING 71 : ​Central Heating Station


BUILDING 72 : Stores


BUILDING 73 : Stores


BUILDING 76 : ​Works Services Building & Water Tower


BUILDING 79 : ​Barrack Block


BUILDING 81 : ​Barrack Block


BUILDING 82 : ​Barrack Block


BUILDING 92 : ​Decontamination Block


BUILDING 98 : ​Dining Room & Institute


BUILDING 99 : ​Ration Store


BUILDING 101 : ​Link Trainer Building


BUILDING 102 : Synthetic Navigation Training Building


BUILDING 103 : ​MT Sheds & Yard


BUILDING 112 : ​MT Shed Detached Bay


BUILDING 115 : ​Main Stores


BUILDING 121 : ​Fire Tender & Floodlight Trailer Shelter


BUILDING 122 : ​Control Tower / Watch Office with Met Section


BUILDING 126 : ​Night Flying Equipment Store


BUILDING 135 : ​Hangar / Type J Aircraft Shed


BUILDING 136 : ​Hangar / Type T2 Aircraft Shed


BUILDING 137 : ​Hangar / Type T2 Aircraft Shed


BUILDING 138 : ​Hangar / Type B1 Aircraft Shed


BUILDING 220 : ​S.A.A Stores


BUILDING 221 : ​S.A.A Stores


GATE GUARD : ​Hawker Hunter F.2 (WN904)

This aircraft moved to the Sywell Aviation Museum on 2 August 2012 where it has undergone further restoration and is now on display.

MEMORIAL SITE : ​Church of St John the Evangelist


MEMORIAL SITE : ​Waterbeach Station Memorial Garden


MISCELLANEOUS : Unknown

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