Usworth, Follingsby Lane, RAF Usworth decontamination unit

HER Number:
13409

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Usworth, Follingsby Lane, RAF Usworth decontamination unit

Place:
Usworth

Map Sheet:
NZ35NW

Class:
Health and Welfare

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Decontamination Building

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Oral Evidence

Description:
This was a decontamination unit for 'for injured and uninjured servicemen'. The building was brick with a concrete roof and a tall square chimney. In the 1950s there were paragraphs of 'The theory of flight' written in chalk on the walls.

Easting:
3362

Northing:
5932

Grid Reference:
NZ33625932

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Pers comm, Tom Scott, 7 October 2010