Site #5
Squadron Headquarters
Ben Jones - Wendling Researcher

Site 5 can be seen in the centre of this aerial shot taken in 1944. Mainly living huts and wash racks can be seen. To the immediate left is Site 14, the bases sewage facility and in the lower right hand corner is Site 4, Communal Site.

This site sat isolated from the other sites down off of Herne Lane about one mile NW of the main airfield. It is located in an area known as Drury Square. To the West of here about 1/8 of a mile site 14 is located, not the best site to be living next to!

The site was farther away from the main airfield than any of the other sites although a good location for the close proximity to the local drinking tavern, The Ploughshare.

It is not quite clear as to what personnel were assigned here as no records can be found and very few veterans remember. Not a whole lot remains of the present site. A few concrete pathways are still found along with an odd building.

Today the area is used to breed and train racing greyhound dogs. As one drives by the former site, the training areas can be seen, but nothing of the original buildings. They remain tucked away behind hedges and buildings.