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RAF Dunino 1941/1942. No.309 Polish Squadron used the airfield to re equipped with Westland Lysanders. Later to get North American Mustangs.
RNAS Dunino 1943/1946 as (HMS Jackdaw II). 825 Naval Air Squadron arrived with Fairy Swordfish, then 827 with Fairy Barracudas. 737 with Supermarine Walrus and last 813 with Swordfish.
No.309 Polish used the airfield to re equipped with Westland Lysanders.
825 Naval Air Squadron arrived with Fairy Swordfish.
827 with Fairy Barracudas.
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A 1939 RAF map
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Red are the buildings we saw there.
The basic layout is for the use by the RAF. So most buildings are standard RAF Temporary Brick (TB) buildings and Blister hangars. Then along come the Royal Navy. They completely change everything. They added more hangars, possibly a Calendar Hamilton Aircraft Repair Shed (ARS) and several Admiralty type S Mainhill hangars. They also added more perminent buildings to soute their needs and the biggest concrete fence posts I have ever seen surrounding the communal sites. Also I do not have a site plan, so I am guessing what the buildings are.
8 x Super Blister
hangar 91'x45' Sqn.
4 x Blister hangars 60'x70' Sqn.
4 x Blister hangars 60'x70' storage.
1 x Aircraft Repair Shed (ARS) pos. a Callender Hamilton type.
At least 2 x 'S'
Mainhill hangar.
Around 1000 personnel including 140 WREN's.
Lysanders..
Lysanders bombing. IWM,
Lysander air gunner.
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The basic layout of a Picket post with a communal living site consisting of TB ablutions and quite a few barrack huts (RAF). Then the RNAS came and added the extensive fence, an M&E plinth 9Navy style).
The site under the RAF would have huts for Officers, Sergeants and Men. This was to disperse the ranks around the communal sites so that if an area was attacked by bombers. The spread of dead would not fall on one rank.
Plan of the communal camp, in red the buildings extant.
7665/39 plan of an ablutions block.
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Picket Post and could be a 1580/42 type.
Picket post plan.
1580/42 at RAF Bibury.
Plan.
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Picket Post (1580/42) type.
The original door and sets of drain pipe un used behind the door.
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Picket Post (1580/42) type.
Inside the main room, behind and accessed from outside is a toilet and another room that we could not get too.
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Picket Post (1580/42) type.
Looking out at the road. Every airmen, Sergeant or Officer would have to book in and out through here. There are several reasons for this. One if an air raid happened, they would want to know who and where everybody was. Another was security, the correct people in the correct huts. Also security to see who was about. Every morning a copy of the list would go to the HQ building and be checked.
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Picket Post (1580/42) type entrance.
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Picket Post (1580/42) type.
I mentioned the concrete fence, this is the first.
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Emergency Water Supply (EWS), made of sheets of tin and then a layer of cement. The tin is removed to make the next one. EWS was there in case of fire and a mobile pump could drop a suction hose in and the fireman's hose used to put out the fire.
Plan.
Fire trailer pump.
Fire trailer pump.
Fire buckets full of sand.
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The entrance to the communal site, note the fence posts.
Plan.
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The steel gate into the camp.
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Air raid shelter for 50men. I could not get inside, but this type looks to be cast in situ and not made like a Stanton Shelter in pieces.
Plan.
Assembling a Stanton Shelter.
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Mechanical and Electrical Plinth (M&E plinth). As we will see later, they usually have a brick wall around them. Not here, its a huge concrete fence and wire.
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Distribution and transformer for the local area.
Armoured cable.
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M&E plinth at the back and the gate to keep people out.
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M&E plinth gate. This is a later adaption by the Navy. The RAF would never have such a huge fence.
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Ablutions Block.
Plan.
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Ablutions Block.
Water tower above with a large water tank. There would be a heater for water below and a hot tank to hold the water.
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Ablutions Block.
Under the water tank and where the heating plant would have been.
Water heater and tank. Covered in asbestos insulation..
A boiler.
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Ablutions Block.
Looking up at where the tank was. Chimney running up the right side.
Water tank.
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Ablutions Block.
Looking down the room. There would have been baths, showers, sinks and toilets. A drying room for clothing.
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Ablutions Block.
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Ablutions Block.
Air vents.
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Ablutions Block.
Looking out towards the barrack blocks up the steps.
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Ablutions Block.
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Track towards the main camp. Note the concrete and wire fence.
Plan.
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Heading into the camp.
Main communal site.
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Part of the main concrete fence that runs right around the camp. This is Naval not RAF.
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Water pump house and next the Fire Picket hut.
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Water pump house.
Plan.
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Water pump house.
Pulley block right up in the roof to remove/replace pumps.
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Water pump house.
The electric motor and next to it the water pump.
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Water pump house.
A writing board where the log would be kept.
RNAS East Fortune log pad.
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Water pump house.
The tool rack to be used to clear problems, still there after all this time.
All this should be in a museum.
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Water pump house.
The electrics.
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Water pump house.
'Remove this plate to adjust over current relay'.
Allenwest still going.
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Fire tender shed.
Plan.
Fire tender (aircraft)
American Jeep fire tender.
Dennis trailer pump.
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Fire tender shed.
Office.
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Fire tender shed.
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Fire picket hut.
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Fire picket hut inside.
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Base of the flag staff.
Crail has exactly the same metal frame.
Plan.
Flag staff.
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Unsure what these huts were?
Plan.
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Unsure what these huts were?
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Pos. Armoury.
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RN Barrack block the use of red block tiles.
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Unsure
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Unknown.
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Unknown.
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Unknown.
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Unknown building certainly a Naval building.
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Unknown.
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Plan.
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Ablutions.
Plan.
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Bath and showers plan.
Water tank.
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Ablutions.
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M & E transformer plinth.
Plan.
3.3kv oil immersed transformer.
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Large converted hut. This is big enough to be a Squadron Offices 14531/41??
Plan.
Pilots waiting.
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Gates into the communal site.
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Admiralty type S Mainhill hangar.
Plan.
Inside a Mainhill at Henstridge.
HMS Jackdaw (not sure what badge HMS Jackdaw II was)..
Callender Hamilton transportable hangar...
The site of the Callender Hamilton hangar. Completely ploughed over.
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Fuel compound, coal store.
Plan.
Coal.
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Admiralty type S Mainhill hangar
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Admiralty type S Mainhill hangar.
Plan.
RN Pilots.
Wrens in Operations.
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Admiralty type S Mainhill hangar.
Admiralty type S Mainhill hangar at Crail, shows how they were designed.
Swordfish unfolding wings.
Walrus plan..
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Admiralty type S Mainhill hangar.
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