Trumper, Charliehunt,
You may be interested in the attached diagram of the central area based on the original airfield site plan which I prepared following my visit last year.
The buildings marked in red were those still standing. Those in orange had been demolished within the previous ten years or thereabouts. Those in blue were newly erected. Those uncoloured had long since disappeared.
It seems from your photos, Trumper, that we must now add another to the list of recently demolished – No.39, the Squadron CO’s Office. It has disappeared from between buildings No. 40, the Armoury Maintenance Unit, and No.38, the Squadron & Flight Office in the last of the pictures in your first post.
The Control Tower and adjacent buildings (your fourth and fifth pictures) are off to the left of my plan and the two Salvage Stores, No.169 and 170 – originally Robin Hangars (your sixth picture) are off the top right of the plan. I think these were near (or may have been part of) the buildings at one time occupied by Colton Aviation which Moggy refers to.
The seventh picture shows one of the Main Stores (No.10) almost certainly renovated, and No.46, the one-time Maintenance Staff Block, under the tree.
The eighth shows building No.52, the Gas Defence Centre, and the ninth, building No.59, the Armoury.
Did you get any pictures along the northern edge (building No.7, the Guard House) or at the south-west corner (buildings No.69 and 70, the Crew Locker and Drying Rooms)? It would be interesting to know if they are also still standing – they seemed to be occupied by tenants of what is now the industrial estate when I was there.
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