Originally Posted by
EngAl
I don't know much of the history, but I can give a snapshot with regard to the name of the unit. I was attached there from Boulmer for six months in Autumn 1967 and the whole unit was known as RAF Patrington consisting of the Ops site at Holmpton and the Admin site; messes, accommodation, etc. at Patrington.
Correct. Holmpton was a top secret underground site, access being via a bungalow. Though apparently the USSR was not fooled. In a USSR map on display at Holmpton, it is ringed as a target. When my dad was posted there I knew he worked in an underground secret bunker, but although I visited Patrington when he was stationed there, I never knew that the bunker was some 5 miles from the camp.