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Flying Wing HQ and Air Traffic Control.   This is an interesting picture as it looks as though the control tower curved area has not been finished and the dirt and wheel tracks coming on to the taxiway in the foreground would not have been tolerated if the taxiways had been in use.   It was probably taken during Nov54 when the runway was being lengthened and the extensions made to this building.   The squadrons were deployed to Wunstorf during this period.   George Englefield-Bishop adds that it also of interest because it shows not only the control tower caravan at the left hand corner of the building, this had to be retained even after the new tower was completed, but it also shows the structure, between the caravan and the new tower, that supports the observation platform used by the met room.   It not only held instruments like the solarimeter but was also the control panel for the lights placed at strategic points around the countryside for the measuring of the limits of visibility.   (Thanks to Ernie Pavelin. )
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