Originally Posted by
Arclite01
There was definitely an Armageddon Hospital at Little Riss up to and including during GW1....................cardboard coffins et al. I had a trip around it...............
Arc
The 'contingency' hospital was still there in '91 occupying all 4 'C' type hangars plus many of the buildings on the domestic site; I peeked through the windows of the barrack block I stayed in when at summer camp in '62 and it was full of hospital beds, iv stands etc as was the NAAFI and the JRM.
I spent a week there with 637 VGS in '91 and they were the ones who told me the runway re-surface was funded by the USA.
By the way the demolished tower was the 1960s built one, the original tower is still there and has been converted to either a dwelling or offices.