Site #11
W.A.A.F. - Red Cross
Ben Jones - Wendling Researcher

Site 11 was the communal site of the W.A.A.F, who were living right next to it at site 12. Found half way down Herne Lane, within a stone's throw from Site 11 and within view of the end of the main runway. This is where the American Red Cross operated out of with their various wagons etc. One such vehicle was the Flying Service wagon. This was a converted bus that operated around the field giving hot food and beverages to the airmen. This vehicle had an aircraft named after it - The Flying Service.

It is believed to have had a swimming pool on it, and evidence of one can be found today. Very little remains of this site except a few latrine buildings, a couple of concrete pads and what appears to be an inground concrete pool. Scattered around are several piles of concrete and brick rubble which were the former buildings, long since gone.

On what was the main site, today sits a small development of local council houses. The entrance to this development now, was also the entrance to this former site. Like so many of the other sites, it was used as temporary housing immediately following the war.

As one wends their way through the brush at the rear of this site, to the North can be seen the back of sites 7 and 3. Also, one can see the 392nd Memorial to the East.

Stencilled orders can still be seen on the wall of a former latrine on Site 11. As light bulbs were hard to come by then, it was necessary to try to prevent people taking them for their own living quarters. Stencilled on several walls, one can still read "DO NOT REMOVE LIGHT BULBS" and "USE WASTE CAN"