Monument record 0950902000 - Strike Command

Summary

Officer's Mess at Bomber Command

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Type and Period (1)

  • OFFICERS MESS (Modern - 1938 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

The officer's mess was a special building made to look like a country manor house, with large grounds stretching out around it. The central portion of the mess still remains virtually unchanged in its exterior, but considerable additions have been made (B1).

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC22495 Unpublished document: Bradenham Parish Council. 2000. Bradenham Parish: A Record for the Year 2000. p79-89.
  • <2>SBC22813 Monograph: Michael Hastings. 1979. Bomber Command. p245-51.
  • <3>SBC22814 Monograph: Air Historical Branch. 1956. The Royal Airforce builds for war: A history of design and construction in the RAF 1935-45. p31-3, 36, 47-9.
  • <4>SBC22815 Monograph: Naphill Millennium Committee. 1999. Naphill and Walter's Ash: looking back at village life. p9, 11.
  • <5>SBC22816 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946 & 1947. RAF vertical aerial photographs of Walter's Ash.

Location

Grid reference SU 83442 98036 (point)
Civil Parish BRADENHAM, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish HUGHENDEN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Apr 30 2008 5:11PM

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