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| HER Number: | MDV56519 |
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| Name: | Aircraft Maintenance Workshops, Dunkeswell Airfield |
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Summary
Aircraft maintenance workshops (usn supply) construction: cold-rolled fabricated steel arched-shaped ribs made in three parts creating a span of 40 feet and spaced at four feet centres to form a building 100 feet long. Clad with corrugated iron sheeting. Function: one of two huts that functioned as power plant assembly and aero engine store while the other was probably an aircraft instrument repair shop. Originally belonging to a large group of american prefabricated hutting dedicated to aircraft maintenance. All of these were built close to 't2' hangar (francis).
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 134 073 |
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| Map Sheet: | ST10NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Dunkeswell |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | DUNKESWELL |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: ST10NW/41/59
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- WORKSHOP (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV131154.
Francis, p. /blackdown hills airfield survey/(1995)/dunkeswell: 66.
Francis, P., 1995, Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey. Dunkeswell and Upottery., 48 (Report - Survey). SDV312951.
Aircraft maintenance workshops (usn supply) construction: cold-rolled fabricated steel arched-shaped ribs made in three parts creating a span of 40 feet and spaced at four feet centres to form a building 100 feet long. Clad with corrugated iron sheeting. Function: one of two huts that functioned as power plant assembly and aero engine store while the other was probably an aircraft instrument repair shop. Originally belonging to a large group of american prefabricated hutting dedicated to aircraft maintenance. All of these were built close to 't2' hangar (francis).
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV131154 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV312951 | Report - Survey: Francis, P.. 1995. Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey. Dunkeswell and Upottery.. Blackdown Hills AONB. Digital + A4. 48. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV45090 | Part of: Dunkeswell Airfield, Dunkeswell (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4948 - Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 27 2015 10:43AM |
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