Originally Posted by
OUAQUKGF Ops
Chevvron - I think the canteen was probably the equivalent of an airport cafe. There is a reference to people coming from abroad and at that stage Bovingdon was still a Civil Airport. Thus I don't think it was a works canteen as such and certainly not an RAF Mess.
I think the civil terminal was the 3 (or 4) buildings on the left as you went in the main gate; in the '60s the one fronting the apron was the Met Office and next to that was one with a 'check in' desk and toilets so maybe there was also a cafe there in addition to the Shorts canteen which was up near hangar 4 where the 7531st were based. As I said, there was a 'canteen' possibly used as an airmen's mess on the RAF domestic site but I haven't a clue where Brakedwell's officers mess was.