Danny - The mess was a nissan hut affair as were the accommodation huts. Divided into small rooms and saturated when it rained. I've looked on google earth and visualise it somewhere near the undershoot of 16, but where is the current mess? I certainly stayed for a couple of nights in it '65 ish but remember nothing. Perhaps the hospitality deleted it all. But in '51 the main camp with admin wing etc was on the eastern side and a very long cycle ride from "flights".