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| HER Number | MWB16242 |
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| Record Type | Monument |
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| Name | Site of Hangar Building 301, Greenham Common airbase |
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Summary
Location of metal framed hangar built for USAF Strategic Air Command aircraft in 1952-3, damaged in 1958 and altered in 1980s
Monument Type(s):
Full Description
Building 301 was a pre-fabricated metal-framed hangar (also referred to as Luria Maintenance Hangar no 2). It was similar to the nearby Building 302 but larger, and was associated with the Strategic Air Command 1952 redevelopment of RAF Greenham Common. The building was designed by the Luria Company of Ohio and built in 1952-3.
Building 301 was significantly damaged on 28th February 1958 when a plane in trouble jettisoned two fuel tanks, one of which hit the building. This accident killed two people and injured many others.
The hangar was also altered internally and externally in the 1980s to accommodate two flights <2>. A piece of USAF wall art survived in one of the rooms (and has been removed to RAF Welford?).
The building was recorded prior to demolition <2> <4>.
Sources and further reading
| <01> | RCHME. 1994. Historic Building Report: Greenham Common Airbase, Greenham, Berkshire. NBR No 93234. 2021 WBC Network. [Unpublished document / SWB12267] |
| <02> | CgMs. Sep-02. Description and Analysis - Building 303 and additional structures, New Greenham Park, Greenham Common, Berkshire. Report Ref JL/3043. 2021 WBC Network. [Unpublished document / SWB13724] |
| <03> | Cocroft, W and Thomas, R J C. 2003. Cold War - Building for Nuclear Confrontation 1946-1989. p55-6. [Monograph / SWB14711] |
| <04> | CgMs. 2006. Historic Buildings Record in respect of Former RAF/USAF Greenham Common Base, New Greenham Park, Near Newbury, Berkshire. CgMs Ref IF/JL 4020. 2018 WBC Network. [Unpublished document / SWB14710] |
Related Monuments
| MWB6570 | Greenham Common Airbase (RAF Greenham Common) (Monument) |
| MWB16241 | Hangar Building 302, Greenham Common airbase (Building) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
| EWB541 | Description and Analysis - Building 303 and additional structures, New Greenham Park, Greenham Common, Berkshire (Ref: Report Ref JL/3043) |
| EWB884 | Historic Buildings Record in respect of Former RAF/USAF Greenham Common Base, New Greenham Park (Ref: IF/JL 4020) |
| EWB858 | Historic Building Report: Greenham Common Airbase, Greenham, Berkshire (Ref: NBR No 93234) |
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