Alan Bentley Posted 19 November , 2022 Share Posted 19 November , 2022 This is not strictly 1914-18 but can anyone identify the location of these hangars in the UK from my father;s collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 19 November , 2022 Share Posted 19 November , 2022 (edited) If you posted his details, some of the RAF experts here might be able to provide information from his service record. That could narrow down the possible locations. I see he was from Gwersyllt, Wrexham. Edited 19 November , 2022 by Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickdavis Posted 19 November , 2022 Share Posted 19 November , 2022 It's almost certainly Hawkinge (14 AAP). The triple GS shed units were found on certain Aircraft Acceptance Parks - the only non-AAP with an example was Upwood, but it only had one. The running shed, to the right of centre in the top photo, was also a feature unique to AAPs. Attached are a site plan of Hawkinge and a, pretty grim, photo from the early 1920s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Bentley Posted 20 November , 2022 Author Share Posted 20 November , 2022 Next picture from the same album. What were these buildings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Bentley Posted 20 November , 2022 Author Share Posted 20 November , 2022 Is this the guardroom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickdavis Posted 20 November , 2022 Share Posted 20 November , 2022 The first pair show accommodation huts and latrines. The others are a guard room - the veranda is the give-away. Guard rooms had a cell for those on a charge and there was a walled compound behind for prisoner exercise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Bentley Posted 20 November , 2022 Author Share Posted 20 November , 2022 Thanks for that. I noticed the difference in cap style between the two "guards". The one on the right looks like the later style in use in the 1930s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Bentley Posted 21 November , 2022 Author Share Posted 21 November , 2022 (edited) The upper picture has the wreckage of a Snipe in which a South African pilot was killed at Hawkinge,June 1921. See Aviation Safety Network report no. 210614 Does anyone have any input on the lower pictures, all from my father's album. Edited 21 November , 2022 by Alan Bentley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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