That is very impressive, FYI work has started on the last remaining H block at Tangmere turning it into apartments. I lived in one of the Chatham (Walderslade) MQs as a 5 year old back in the late 60s, on what is now called McKenzie Drive. - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00. Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. More than 50 former RAF homes are on sale as a job lot. The sheds are aligned to the access road, with a larger interval between 188 and 189 than that between the first three.EXTERIOR: The general design of all the sheds is similar, with minor differences in the scope of the attached out-buildings. [3], Henlow was chosen as a military aircraft repair depot in 1917 and was built by MacAlpine during 1918. A group of volunteers from The Friends of Balaam's Wood Local Nature Reserve clearing brambles at Gannow Green Moated Site, New Frankley in Birmingham, Two horsemen reading The Sportsman, 30 Oct 1902, Farnborough, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire. A Gannett Company. Entry Name: Building 370 with 330 (Officer's Mess), RAF Henlow, Location: Holwellbury, Central Bedfordshire, SG16, Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Bedfordshire, 346/0/10012 Building 370 with 330 (Officer's Mess) http://www.airfieldinformationexchange.org/community/forum.php, http://www.pprune.org/military-aircrew/243560-gatehouse.html. During the inter-war years, the station was used as the first parachute testing centre and housed the officers engineering school, while jet engine pioneer Sir Frank Whittle spend time at Henlows technical college. Improved RAF Married Quarters (1957) - YouTube Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00, If you pm me with your e-mail address I will send through some photos of the quarters at Wildenrath, By: cotteswold For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Read The Full List Of Sites Shutting", "Disposal database: House of Commons report", "Guy Martin drops in to RAF Henlow before Isle of Man TT", "Henlow - Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust UK", "Signals Museum at RAF Henlow invites public to open day", UK Military Aeronautical Information Publication Henlow (EGWE), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RAF_Henlow&oldid=1144231354, Telecommunications museums in the United Kingdom, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Information Systems Support Engineering Operations, Defence Flying Complaints Investigation Team (DFCIT), Professional Standards Department Headquarters, Provost Marshal's Dog Inspectorate (PMDI), Occupational and Environmental Medicine Wing, Communication and Information Systems Branch, Air Defence and Electronic Warfare Systems Delivery Team (ADEWS DT), Supply Chain Information Systems Delivery Team (SCIS DT), A small detachment of Marshall Delivery Team (Marshall DT), RAF School of Aeronautical Engineering (Officers), This page was last edited on 12 March 2023, at 15:23. It is a satellite site of RAF Henlow and is one of the smallest RAF Stations having only two Station buildings and 24 married quarters. Basic engineering theory and management were taught at the Officers' Engineering School (formerly at Farnborough), one of the 1932 pupils being Frank Whittle. British Listed Buildings is a Good Stuff website. [15] The finished Hurricanes were completed on the decks of the carriers and flown out to Malta. RAF Henlows closure date has been pushed back to 2023 after the Ministry of Defence updated plans for more than 30 sites across the country.
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