1941 Fighter Command Sector Ops Rooms?

PETERTHEEATER;147318 wrote:

Paul B take a look at this one Talbenny:

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Carnaby mentioned it long ago.

If it's not the type that you are looking for then ignore but it looks to my untrained eye to be a candidate.

Thanks Peter.
We can rule that one out as it's the RAF Ripperston GCI Happidrome.

Possibly Tiree had a fighter ops rooms in case the Germans did invade and aircraft were moved northwards????

Iain wrote:

Dug out the 1963 RSP for Ouston.

Building 51 5000/37 & 5019/37 Fighter operations Block & PBX
Building 51A FCW/2976 & ON/99 Lecture Rooms (Originally Sector Operations Block)

51A (removed) is shown as TBC and just to the south of the remaining Building 51 Operations Block.

I see it now, thanks.

The NT's files give the date of demolition at Atcham as 1975.

P wrote:

The "full" version of the Sector Operations Block is given as 5291-5/41 on the Atcham RSP, although the series may also include 5296/41.
None of these drawings seem to be held by RAFM Hendon.
As most of the "reduced" ones seem to include the bulk of the "full" design they may be to an as yet unknown deviation drawing.

An update to this, as I found a later drawing in the Archive.

The original 1941 drawing set was indeed Dwgs. 5291-5296/41.

This was superceded by the "reduced" version with external annexes.
The drawing we have in the Archive collection is titled Fighter Sector Operations Block: Sections & Elevations. 4225/42, and refers to Dwg. 4235/42 for the annexes. Sadly, the associated plan drawing isn't mentioned.

Sorry to resurrect this thread, but I'm keen to try and identify the Sector Operations Room at Turnhouse, shown in the attached photo, which was definitely there in May 1940 and is shown on the April 1939 RSP, so is presumably pre-war. Is it to drawing number 5000/37, as it seems similar to Ouston, but smaller (and my understanding is Ouston is 16266/39 which is an expanded version of 5000/37)? If the example at Turnhouse was indeed 5000/37, can anyone confirm that this is the only SOR built on the airfield? I ask because in The Greatest Squadron of Them All, Ross, Blanche and Simpson state that the Sector Ops Room was on the north side of Turnhouse Road, whereas the SOR shown in the attached photo is on the south side. The Station ORB notes that on 9 September the transfer from the present Ops Room to new Ops Room was finished without hitch, which suggests there is another SOR presumably to a 1939 drawing number, but nothing is marked on any of the site plans. Any ideas?

I've just realised that I missed out the year. Please note that as per the information quoted below, the Ops Room transfer was on 9 September 1939.

IanBrown wrote:

The Station ORB notes that on 9 September the transfer from the present Ops Room to new Ops Room was finished without hitch, which suggests there is another SOR presumably to a 1939 drawing number, but nothing is marked on any of the site plans. Any ideas?