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HER Number:MDV56519
Name:Aircraft Maintenance Workshop, Dunkeswell Airfield

Summary

Former Second World War aircraft maintenance workshop. The workshop originally belonged to a large group of American prefrabricated hutting dedicated to aircraft maintenance which were all built close to the T2 aircraft hangar.

Location

Grid Reference:ST 134 073
Map Sheet:ST10NW
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishDunkeswell
DistrictEast Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishDUNKESWELL

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: ST10NW/41/59

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • WORKSHOP (Built, World War II - 1939 AD (Between) to 1945 AD (Between))

Full description

Francis, P., 1995, Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey. Dunkeswell and Upottery, No. 67, Fig. 23 (Report - Survey). SDV312951.

Building 179. 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 the T2 hangar.

Ordnance Survey, 2025, Mastermap 2025 (Cartographic). SDV366286.

Marked as Building B22.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV312951Report - Survey: Francis, P.. 1995. Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey. Dunkeswell and Upottery. Blackdown Hills AONB. A4 Comb Bound + Digital. No. 67, Fig. 23.
SDV366286Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2025. Mastermap 2025. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #143821 ]

Associated Monuments

MDV45090Part of: Dunkeswell Airfield (Monument)
MDV56520Related to: Aircraft Maintenance Workshop, Dunkeswell Airfield (Monument)
MDV56521Related to: T2 Hangar, Dunkeswell Airfield (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV4948 - Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey

Date Last Edited:Apr 10 2025 11:48AM