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Wattisham, Suffolk

Wattisham
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March 1939
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Army Air Corps
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EGUW
e10897
27 June 2015
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Wattisham Station Heritage Museum

AIRFIELD SITE : Aerial Views of RAF Wattisham Airfield


AIRFIELD SITE : Blast Wall Protected Fighter Dispersal


AIRFIELD SITE : Crash Gate 2


AIRFIELD SITE : Crash Gate 3


AIRFIELD SITE : Crash Gate 4


AIRFIELD SITE :​ Fighter Command Type Central Armoury


AIRFIELD SITE : Fuel Store



AIRFIELD SITE : Hardened Aircraft Shelter


AIRFIELD SITE : Hardened Aircraft Shelter


AIRFIELD SITE : Petrol Tanker Shed


AIRFIELD SITE : Royal Air Force Search & Rescue Hangar


AIRFIELD SITE : Runway 05/23


AIRFIELD SITE : Runway 16/34


AIRFIELD SITE : Runway 23 Approach Lights


AIRFIELD SITE : Taxiways


AIRFIELD SITE : Type FW3/22 Pillbox

LOCATED AT : ​52.132535, 0.955900
EDOFBID : e11771

AIRFIELD SITE : Type FW3/22 Pillbox

LOCATED AT : ​52.127801, 0.944405
EDOFBID : e11776

AIRFIELD SITE : Unknown


AIRFIELD SITE : Water Tower & Works Services Buildings


AIRFIELD SITE : Yarnold Sangar Pillbox 01


AIRFIELD SITE : Yarnold Sangar Pillbox 02


ANGLIA RADAR SITE : Air Traffic Control Centre


ANGLIA RADAR SITE : Main Entrance


ANGLIA RADAR SITE : Picket Post


ANGLIA RADAR SITE : Standby Generator House


ANGLIA RADAR SITE : Yarnold Sangar Pillbox


BUILDING 102 : Hangar / Type 'C' Aircraft Shed


BUILDING 103 : Hangar / Type 'C' Aircraft Shed


BUILDING 104 : Hangar / Type 'C' Aircraft Shed


BUILDING 105 : Hangar / Type 'C' Aircraft Shed


BUILDING 111 : Machine Gun Range (25 Yard)

LOCATED AT : ​52.126893, 0.964031
EDOFBID : e10381

BUILDING 112 : Gas Chamber & Practice Bomb Store


BUILDING 113 : Battery Charging Room


BUILDING 118 : Link Trainer Building


BUILDING 121 : Parachute Store


BUILDING 125 : Main Workshops


BUILDING 127 : Central Heating Station


BUILDING 131 : Armoury & Photographic Section


BUILDING 136 : Main Stores


BUILDING 140 : Station Headquarters


BUILDING 141 : Speech Broadcasting Building


BUILDING 143 : Unknown


BUILDING 144 : Station Chapel

This building is now in use as The Wattisham Airfield Museum

BUILDING 150 : Unknown


BUILDING 154 : Station Sick Quarters


BUILDING 156 : Ambulance Garage & Mortuary


BUILDING 159 : Field Force Mechanical Transport Shed


BUILDING 166 : ​Articulated Vehicle Shed


BUILDING 168 : ​Unknown


BUILDING 169 : Lubricant & Inflammables Store


BUILDING 170 : Unknown


BUILDING 172 : Standby Set House


BUILDING 177 : Crew Rest, Locker & Drying Room


BUILDING 184 : Ready Use Pyrotechnic Store


BUILDING 499 : Unknown


BUILDING 501 : Accommodation Block


BUILDING 502 : Accommodation Block


BUILDING 514 : Unknown


BUILDING 515 : Unknown


BUILDING 601 : Unknown


BUILDING 604 : Unknown


BUILDING 605 : Unknown


BUILDING 627 : Unknown


BUILDING 631 : Hardened Aircraft Shelter

HAS 25

BUILDING 632 : Hardened Aircraft Shelter


BUILDING 702 : Control Tower


BUILDING 705 : Unknown


COMMUNAL SITE : Gymnasium & Chancel


COMMUNAL SITE : Officers Mess & Extensions


COMMUNAL SITE : Sergeants Mess & Extensions


COMMUNAL SITE : Unknown


GATE GUARD : ​Aerospatiale SA.341 Gazelle AH.1 (XX380)


GATE GUARD : English Electric Lightning F.1A (XM192)​


GATE GUARD : Westland Scout AH.1 (XT617​)


MEMORIAL SITE : 479th Fighter Group Plaque


MEMORIAL SITE : 479th Fighter Group Squadrons Plaque


MEMORIAL SITE : Captain Earl Taylor Memorial Plaque


MEMORIAL SITE : Lest We Forget Memorial


MEMORIAL SITE : RAF Wattisham Memorial


MISCELLANEOUS : 669 Squadron Army Air Corps Sign

This sign was at Gillings of Diss, however its current whereabouts are not nown.

MISCELLANEOUS : RAF Wattisham Sign

This sign was at Gillings of Diss, but was relocated back to Wattisham and is part of the Wattisham Airfield Museum collection.

MUSEUM SITE : Wattisham Airfield Museum

This website is run entirely as a hobby and in my spare time, it is paid for out of my own pocket. Should you wish to leave a small donation towards the upkeep and ongoing running of the website, it is really appreciated. Thank you.

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