'G' site is located on the South West corner of the airfield behind site 6. The air ministry built 3 'L' type hangars on 'G' site in 1939 numbered 3, 15 & 20 on the site plan above. The 3 hangars were built to air ministry drawing numbers 10755/39 & 5163-5/39, and were constructed by the Teeside Bridge & Engineering Company Limited.
Across the airfield on 'E' site, 3 identical hangars were constructed and are explained in more detail on the 'E' site page. On the 1st of April 1940, 37 Maintenance Unit RAF arrived on 'G' site and left when the USAAF arrived on the 15th of July 1942. The USAF called the site 'Underground Hangars' because they were earth covered with grass — this was to camouflage them from above.
During 1943 the USAAF enlarged 'G' site by constructing 3 Bellman Hangars numbered 9, 11 & 12 on the site plan above. These hangars were a temporary transportable design, constructed of light rolled steel sections designed in 1936. Warehouse workshops were also erected — buildings 8 & 13 on the site plan — totalling 281,500 square feet. The Americans left at the end of WW2 and the RAF returned on the 9th of June 1946.
When the Berlin Airlift started, the Americans returned in September 1948 and were then called the USAF. The site was handed back to the RAF on the 18th of June 1965. In the early 1980s the site was demolished and is now, as of 2016, an industrial estate.
The Hangar on the Left of the Photo is No. 3 (The Small Rectangle Above it to the Right is a Static Water Tank)
The Top Right Hangar on the Photo is No. 15.
The Bottom Right Hangar on the Photo is No. 20.
One of the 'L' type hangar in the background on 'G' site
for fire fighting purposes this was located next to the hangar 3
Note the Boiler House to the Left of the Hangar Door and Crew Room to the Right. Note also, the Air Vent above the Hangar Doors as well. The Same Type of Vent is at the Other End of the Hangar.
Control Tower in the Background on Technical Site
The steel hooks overlapping the edge of the hangar roof are for supporting the camouflage netting over the hangar doors, in fact it covers the complete front of the Hangar
