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Ridgewell Airfield - Technical Site |
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The photograph above shows the Technical site around 1944 looking in a northerly direction. To the left of the frame is the service road originating from the hospital site while the perimeter track is seen top left. The rather grainy photograph (right) was taken in 1994 and shows both the southern hangar and site 2 hardstandings intact. The hangar hardstanding was broken up in 1996 and has returned to farm land, while the HQ site was given over to housing development. A detailed layout of the technical site is shown below. |
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| 1 |
GUARD HOUSE |
| 2 |
WORK SERVICES HUT |
| 3 |
LATRINES |
| 4 |
A.M.D.W. STORE |
| 5 |
SUB-STATION |
| 6 |
CONTRACTORS OFFICE |
| 7 |
CONTRACTORS CANTEEN |
| 8 |
FIRE PICKET HUT |
| 9 |
FIRE TENDER HOUSE |
| 10 |
GAS CLOTHING STORE |
| 11 |
TECHNICAL LATRINES |
| 12 |
MOTOR REPAIR SHOP |
| 13 |
RESPIRATOR WORKSHOP |
| 14 |
GAS DEFENCE CENTRE |
| 15 |
GAS DEFENCE CENTRE |
| 16 |
TURRET INSTRUCTIONAL BUILDING |
| 17 |
FABRIC STORES |
| 18 |
OXYGEN RAMP |
| 19 |
MAIN STORES |
| 20 |
RUBBER STORE |
| 21 |
INFLAMMABLES STORE |
| 22 |
LINK TRAINER BUILDING |
| 23 |
A.M. BOMBING TEACHER |
| 24 |
M.T. OFFICE |
| 25 |
M.T. SHEDS |
| 26 |
FUEL COMPOUND |
| 27 |
GAS CHAMBER |
| 28 |
M.T. PETROL INSTALLATION |
| 29 |
PHOTOGRAPHIC BLOCK |
| 30 |
ARMOURY & MAINTENANCE UNIT |
| 31 |
MAIN WORKSHOPS |
| 32 |
SALVAGE STORE |
| 33 |
PUMP HOUSE |
| 34 |
M.L. TANK (40 FT STRUCTURE) |
| 35 |
TECHNICAL LATRINES |
| 36 |
BULK OIL INSTALLATION |
| 37 |
DINGHY REPAIR SHOP |
| 38 |
PARACHUTE STORE |
| 39 |
WATER PUMP HOUSE |
| 40 |
TECHNICAL LATRINES |
| 41 |
MAINTENANCE & ARMOURY UNIT |
| 42 |
FLOODLIGHT TRAILER & TRACTOR SHED |
| 43 |
N.F.E. STORE |
| 44 |
AIRCRAFT SHED |
| 45 |
TECHNICAL LATRINES |
| 46 |
M.G. TEST BUTT |
| 47 |
TECHNICAL LATRINES |
| 48 |
DISPERSAL HUT |
| 49 |
DISPERSAL HUT |
| 50 |
GAS STORE |
| 51 |
TECHNICAL LATRINES |
| 52 |
SQUADRON & FLIGHT OFFICES |
| 53 |
CREW REST & LOCKER ROOMS |
| 54 |
PYROTECHNIC STORES |
| 55 |
FIRE TENDER SHELTER |
| 56 |
WATCH OFFICE |
| 57 |
SLEEVE STREAMER MAST |
| 58 |
HYDROGEN STORE |
| 59 |
TECHNICAL LATRINES |
| 60 |
DISPERSAL HUT |
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The Watch Office and Fire Station. Note the 'RD' station identifier and the signal square behind. |
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USAAF Officers man the Watch Office. |
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View from the south hangar site towards the airfield. Watchtower site to right, gliding club trailers just visible in distance at the NE end of the field - October 2007 |
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Looking NNE from south hangar, the North Hangar location is indicated by the white covered straw bales with the village of Ashen to the left of it - October 2007 |
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South Hangar site update - Autumn 2007 |
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Looking north towards technical site with south hangar site on right - October 2007 |
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From the late summer of 2007 the Hangar site has been built up with earth deposited from local building works (the hangar hardstanding was broken up in the mid-1990's). It is planned to convert this mound of earth into a nature reserve with a tree planting scheme. Details of the planning application can be found here. |
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