Site #4
Wendling Station 118, USAAF

Site 4, located 3/4 of a mile West of the main airfield, was another Communal site. Like Site 3, it contained various sports buildings and a chow hall for the enlisted troops. Several of the original buildings still stand today. It is on this site that the base library was, along with a racquetball court.

Much of the north part of this site is now home to a fruit canning plant, while the south half remains abandoned with the majority of the buildings still standing. As can be seen in the photos, the site is pretty much overgrown with vegetation.

Just to the East of this site and north of Site 10 was one of the numerous Military Police guard posts that were scattered around the base. These were id checkpoint to prevent unauthorized access to the sites.

Located at the entrance to Site 4 and 10, this MP Guard Post building still stand today and is now a storage building for the local farm.

Quite a few huts still stand today on this site. Pretty much, they are all original condition with some new tin been added over the years. This photo is taken looking West from the entrance, right across the road from the MP Guard hut.

The concrete shows where buildings once stood as the remaining ones are covered in vegetation.

After the war, this site was owned by a local farmer and avid car collector. Up until the late 80's the remaining huts were filled with his historic and antique automobile collection, until his death when everything was auctioned. As a boy growing up, I remember cycling past this site and seeing all these old cars packed into the huts. The auction was held on the main airfield site leaving site 4 empty once again.

The ravages of time can be seen on this building as it crumbles year by year. Vegetation has engulfed the whole rear of this hut and stinging nettles cover the former concrete slabs.

Robert Walthew stands in the entrance way of this building. It is not clear what this building was, but it is said to have been a racquetball building. Robert and myself spent many a fun filled day exploring these old buildings.

Found marked into the concrete floor of one of the buildings was this marking of the 10th Station Complement. Dated September 18th 1943, showing that the construction of Wendling was still going on even after the groups' arrival in August 1943.

Scribed into the concrete slab the next day after the 10th Sta.Co. was this memento of the 1105th Quarter Masters Company. 19th September 1943

As seen on site 4 today is a pile of rubble of what was once some of the various recreational buildings located here. Barely seen behind the bushes on the left are some of the few remaining large huts that still stand on this site.