Record Site Plan of Site 2
Record site plan buildings schedule.
Site 2 – Communal Living Area (Wagner Hall) Site 2 was the largest living site on the airbase and was located South of Mary Ann Site. Originally built for the RAF but was taken over by the USAAF in 1942. 132 nissan huts & 10 gerard huts were constructed by the end of 1943. The site housed the mess halls, theatre, chapel, morgue, dentist & the base hospital.
The USAF left at the end of the
The USAF left at the end of the 1950’s & the site was no longer required & was demolished in the 1970’s. Most of site 2 now lies under Whittle Hall housing estate. Nissan Huts on Site 2
Site 2 SSGT H.E. Miller Air Traffic Control 1945.
Each communal living site at Burtonwood was named after a famous American person. Here colonel Scott is revealing the sign ‘Wagner Hall’ for site 2 During WW2.
The airbase hospital on site 2.
Nurse outside the hospital site ..
Inside the Hospital.
Inside the Hospital.
Inside the Hospital.
Nurse & doctor outside one of the hospital wards.
Nurse sitting down on a concrete roadside marker
Nurses in one of the hospital annexes.
Posing for a photo in front of their living accommodation huts.
Photo taken by Don Christman of his roommates They served at Burtonwood in the 59th Rec & Shipping 7559th Supply group His living area was at Site 2 next to the Base Hospital Don was at Burtonwood between March 1952 and April 1955
Swimming team 1953 Photo credited to Don Christmans
Sports team Photo credited to Don Christmans
Service personnel of the 7559th supply squadron 1953 Photo credited to Don Christmans
5th of October 1954 Photo credited to Don Christmans
Parents Dependants 1954 Photo credited to Don Christmans
12th October 1954 Photo credited to Don Christmans
Maintenance squadron award Photo credited to Don Christmans
Award for the best warehouse 17th September 1954 Photo credited to Don Christmans
Award for the best warehouse 24th August 1954 Photo credited to Don Christmans
Site 2 church Photo credited to Don Christmans
Site 2 Living Area June 1957 Photo credited to Don Christmans
Site 2 Perimeter road During the wintertime in the 1950s.
The Remaining 2 Blast Shelters on Site 2 on the South East Corner of Site 2. The construction of Whittle Avenue has since bisected site 2. The 2 blast shelters are located on the east side of the avenue in a wooded area near Wensleydale close. These Blast Shelters Clearly Afforded No Protection From a Direct Hit, But a Swift and Safe Retreat From the Possibility of Blast Effects.
Blast shelter drawing plan, to air ministry, drawing number 2360/41.
Blast Shelter.
A Reinforced Concrete Overhead Electricity Cable Stanchion on Site 2 Near to the Blast Shelter (above).
The top of an electricity overhead wooden pole, on the east side of whittle avenue.
Site 2- Tiled Floor Remains on TheWestSide of Whittle Avenue Near Concrete Overhead Electricity Cable Stanchion
Site 2 - Reinforced Concrete Overhead Electricity Cable Stanchion (BEFOREClearance of Trees 2015)
Same Reinforced Concrete Overhead Electricity Cable Stanchion (AFTERClearance of Trees 2016)
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