RAF Marston Moor, Yorkshire. Bomb Store

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RAF Marston Moor Bomb Store

90 - Hangar (Airfield) - B1 - MAP 4/42170
134 - M&E Plinth.
135 - General Purpose Hut - Laing.
147 - S.A.A. Hut - Nissen - 16075/40.
151 - Shooting in Butt - Earth - 3532/43.
155a - Arrester gear.
160to166 - Bomb Store 5461/40
167 - Fused Bomb Store - 5384/40.
168 - Incendiary Bomb & Pyro Store - Brick 5266/40.
169to170 - Component Store - Brick - 5384/40.
171to174 - Fuzing Points Heavy/Light - Nissen - 15363/42.
175to177 - Bomb Stores 'Q' - Travers - 4234/42.
178to180 - Incendiary - Bomb Store 'C' - Travers - ????? (5461/40 with a storage building inside).
181to184 - RU Small Bomb Stores 'C' - 4234/42?
185 - Smoke Bomb Store 'O' - 12725/40.
186 - Grenade Store 'B' - 12725/40.

AM Plan 5039/51

RAF Marston Moor Bomb Store

Bomb store roadway, I believe you cannot get inside now as I see a large fence and gate.

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RAF Marston Moor Bomb Store

171to174 - Fuzing Points Heavy/Light - Nissen - 15363/42.

06 April 2007

For the WAAF tractor driver, she just has to wait for the armourers to finish their jobs.

RAF Marston Moor Bomb Store

134 - M&E Plinth. All the electricity would have been powered from here.

06 April 2007

RAF Marston Moor Bomb Store

160to166 - Bomb Store 5461/40 There were four of these stores all connected by a good roadway. Quite long bomb trains, towed by a farm tractor around the bomb store roads. The road layout was designed so the tractors could drive around easy curves and on a one way system, not need to make difficult manoeuvres.

06 April 2007

RAF Marston Moor Bomb Store

160to166 - Bomb Store 5461/40 where the road passes through, enabling the easier loading of bombs.

06 April 2007

RAF Marston Moor Bomb Store

160to166 - Bomb Store 5461/40. The next store, interesting part here is the transition from small earth traversed stores to the larger 50ton later bomb stores. Here we have three later versions and one set of the older type.

06 April 2007

RAF Marston Moor Bomb Store

160to166 - Bomb Store 5461/40. Looking inside. You can just see one of the brick abutment walls on the right.

06 April 2007

RAF Marston Moor Bomb Store

178to180 - Incendiary - Bomb Store 'C' - Travers - ????? (5461/40 with a storage building inside). This would have had an earth travers around it. With the numbers, you have to forgive me here, the plan is not very clear and a lot is guise work

06 April 2007

RAF Marston Moor Bomb Store

168 - Incendiary Bomb & Pyro Store - Brick 5266/40. Three buildings with earth travers is a standard layout on this period RAF bomber stations. RAF Rufforth has the same type. As you can see from the two air photos, this bombs store is still there, in 2000 parts of the earth travers was extant and in 2022 its all gone, but the buildings still being used.

06 April 2007