| 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.
Site 2 Living Area June 1957.
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 The West Side of Whittle
Avenue Near Concrete Overhead Electricity Cable Stanchion
Site 2 - Reinforced Concrete Overhead Electricity
Cable Stanchion (BEFORE Clearance of Trees 2015)
Same Reinforced Concrete Overhead Electricity
Cable Stanchion (AFTER Clearance of Trees 2016)
More Pictures etc Coming Soon Regarding Site 2 .....
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