Monument record MBC44932 - Second World War Royal Air Force camp, Site No.8 (Sick Quarters), RAF Turweston

A Second World War Royal Air Force camp, Site No.8 (Sick Quarters) at RAF Turweston, is visible on historic aerial photographs and was mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304). Located in a field about 550 metres SE of Dropshort farm and centred at SP 62807 39030, Site No.8 (Sick Quarters) was one of 8 satellite camps for military personnel serving at adjacent RAF Turweston, an operational wartime military airfield. The camp comprised the main sick quarters linked buildings adjacent to an ambulance garage and mortuary, with a nearby mechanical and electrical (M&E) plinth which acted as an electrical transformer/junction box, accessed by a road and pathways network. Aerial photographs taken in 1973 show that the buildings had been demolished by that time, though the concrete platform foundations and roadways remained visible. By 2000 the area has been covered by secondary woodland and so no evidence of the military camp can be seen. The woodland remains on aerial photographs taken in 2019 (1-7).