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Guard House and Fire Party
Buildings and hangars at Upwood
All of these pictures were taken in 2006/7. The Americans left Upwood in 1995, over 10 years ago now, so you can imagine what the place would look like.
Vandalized!!
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Guard House and Fire Party
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The Tender shed is positioned like many, at the right, to the rear of
the Guard House
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Station Head Quarters
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Picture taken with my back to Hangar 4, to the left of this picture you
can see the Workshops and ground servicing and the Water Tower
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Bomber board in the Head Quarters. The dampness has caused the paint
to peel.
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Close up of the bomber board
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Central Heating Station 2918/36
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Decontamination Centre
the centre would have be protected all round by a brick airlock. Inside you
would find toilets and dressing room, eye douching facilities, undressing room
and showers.
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Mortuary and Ambulance Garage
'L' shaped with flat roof
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Aircraft Test Butt
For testing aircraft cannons
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4 Bay Petrol Tanker Shed 4157-35
The Petrol tanker shed came in many different sizes and some were also made
of Brick
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Pyrotechnic Store (Ready Use) 4264-35
The store was used for Flares ect. All RAF stations had them and they all look
basically the same.
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Mechanical Transport Sheds 6234/36 and 5907/36
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Parachute Store
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Ration Store
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'C' type Hangars (Hipped). Hangar 4 with Hangar 3 on the left of it.
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All 'C' Type Hangars (Hipped) 4292/35. L to R, Hangar 1,2 and 3
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Workshops and Ground Servicing 4923/35
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Fuel Store
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Sergeant's Mess 3484/36 with annexe to the left.
The small porch which can bee see on the right is a later add-on by the American's
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Sgts Mess
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Officer's Mess 570-572/37
The most common of the Expansion styles, with three arched entrance and two
storey wings
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Inside the main doors of the Officer's Mess
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One of the rooms inside the Officer's Mess
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Parade ground
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The last full width part of runway of 11/29 with 2800ft in Length that
still remains from the orginal 4800ft x 150 ft, hangar 1 on the right.
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Just a single track is the only remains of runway 01/19
at 4200ft x 150ft this was Upwood's smallest runway
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Accomodation block
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The old control tower would have been on the right of the building
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Looking over the top of Hangar 3, Upwood village is on the top left of
the picture
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Hangar 2 getting a new roof
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Barrack Block 444/36 This design is best described as 'half an H'
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Barrack Block 444/36 This design is best described as 'half an H' seen from
back view
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Standby Set House 607/36
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Decontamination Centre, Upwood has two Centre. One for Wounded and one for Unwounded
More to come
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