After doing some research online I was struggling to find any information on this.. Remembering my Grandad grew up in the area around the time of WW2 I decided to give him a call to see if he knew anything about it. I spent about an hour on the phone listening to him talk about him and his friends watching Stirling 4 engine bombers flying out to Germany from the bomber airfield near to this site between 1939 and 1946, he also recalled occasionally seeing some come home. He said the site I visited consisted of a water tower, crew huts, service, and bomb dumps, etc. Sometimes my Grandad over-exaggerates so what he was saying may have to be taken with a pinch of salt
From what I could see there are 3 Nissen huts, which were all interconnected with brick corridors.
The Stanton air-raid shelter was manufactured by the Stanton Ironworks Co Ltd near Nottingham. The Stanton shelters were made of pre-cast arched concrete sections (each in two halves) that were bolted together. The shelter could be built either semi-sunk or above ground, but at some airfields they were built completely underground.
Thanks for looking,
Rubex
From what I could see there are 3 Nissen huts, which were all interconnected with brick corridors.
The Stanton air-raid shelter was manufactured by the Stanton Ironworks Co Ltd near Nottingham. The Stanton shelters were made of pre-cast arched concrete sections (each in two halves) that were bolted together. The shelter could be built either semi-sunk or above ground, but at some airfields they were built completely underground.
Thanks for looking,
Rubex
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