387th (387th) wrote,
@ 2009-08-05 19:37:00

Chipping-Ongar Air Base Locations

Officer's Club

A bit of luxury and leisure for the higher-ups on base, the officer's club provides tables for cards, a working bar, and seats and sofas more comfortable than the tin cans the airmen sit in. A working fireplace was installed in a jiffy, at the insistence of a few of the captains from California and Texas - not used to the cold English weather. Officers are also fed better-quality meals than enlisted men, and don't need to rely on the post exchange as much as the others. Officers took their meals apart from the enlisted men, in a separate mess hall. Accessible to: All Ranking Officers

Enlisted Men's Barracks

Sweet home away from home - or at least that's how the airmen try to feel about it. Each barracks is built into the standard nissen hut, consisting of ten bunk-beds on each side, space for forty airmen and their foot lockers and pinup posters in all. In the middle of the hut are three heaters, which do very little to heat the tin can in the cold British winters. There are two sinks and two latrines in each barracks, when the main latrine huts cannot be reached. Sleeping Arrangements for: All enlisted men, non-ranking officers

Officer's Barracks

Commissioned Officers all get their own private barracks and living arrangements, built into a smaller version of the classic nissen hut. They have one heater, one bed and one desk with a proper office chair, one sink and one latrine. However, for many - including the airmen who look on jealously, that's the life. One private sleeping quarters provided for: Each comissioned officer

Post Exchange

The great joy of the soldier's life is the post exchange, giving him smaller luxuries than those available to officer's in their OC, but luxuries nonetheless. He can buy tobacco, candy, beer, or other treats, but he can also get anything from a needle to a bicycle patch-kit. Every article which the Chipping-Ongar man needs or likes is on sale. There's all kinds of food, mostly put up in packages, a variety of cigarettes which would rival that of a city tobacconist, stationery, books, post-cards, toilet articles, and anything else they decide to ship on over. Oversight: Available! Employees: 3 Characters Available!

Two Mess Halls - Enlisted Men's and Officer's

The non-officer's mess hall serves slightly lesser-quality food to the enlisted men. However, after a mission up in the freezing cold, nothing satisfies quite like a hot meal - though many men think it's no better than pig slop. That's where candy from the canteen takes over. Naturally, the Officer's food is slightly higher quality. Cook: Available! Cook's Assistants: Three Available!

Base Hospital and Infirmary

Base doctors and nurses take care of everything from the flu to emergency surgeries. There are three huts converted into the sick quarters and hospital wing, each hut containing twenty-two beds. All Medical Personel

Offices and Administration

Not everyone can be up in the planes fighting. In fact, some of the most important operations on base take place in the offices. Administrative offices are where mail is sent out and sorted through, memos are released, records and files on men are kept, codes are broken, radio signals are relayed, and everything else other than the actual flight missions.

Other Notable Locations on Base

Crew briefing offices Bomb storage Air control tower Base Latrine - all ranks Base Shower - all ranks Generator houses Hangars Firehouses Repair Hangars More TBA TBA: Comment to Add a Location

The base is surrounded by sprawling English fields and circled by a small stretch of woodland. The base, “rented out” from the Royal Air Force, is just a short walk from the center of town. Townspeople adore the visiting American soldiers—as do the town’s young ladies. It isn’t hard to find an open door and a home cooked meal.

Swallow Churchgate Hotel

Swallow Churchgate, built in the 17th century, hasn’t seen much business as of late, but its doors remain open nonetheless. Once a bustling country inn, Churchgate now serves as a sort of meetingground for RAF and USAAF meetings, when attendance is too high to fit back on base. Several rooms are also rented out by men for a night or two… and seeing a soldier wander in with a girl late one night and leave the next morning certainly isn’t unusual. Owner: Available! Employees: All Employees Available!

The Cock Tavern

The Cock Tavern is certainly the butt of many jokes, but the Chipping Ongar boys wouldn’t survive without it. The pub is stuffed with soldiers on any given night, luring boys in with free beers for servicemen and plenty of attention from attractive young English girls. Owner: Available! Employees: All Available!

Budworth Hall - location of many USO dances

Budworth Hall is the center of social life in Chipping Ongar. There are weekly knitting classes for women, men listen to radio programs together on Saturday nights, and there are almost weekly dances held for townspeople and servicemen. Overseer: Available! Accessible to: All Functions, Monthly USO Dances

King’s Trust Primary and Senior Schools

The school lies behind the Budworth Hall. It is single-storied, mainly of yellow brick and with a partly tiled, partly slated roof. An adjacent building, of green corrugated iron, was erected in 1913 to accommodate the children while the rebuilding took place. King's Trust is administered by 12 trustees, with the rector as chairman. Ongar County Secondary School was built by the Essex Education Committee at the north end of the town on the road to Dunmow and was opened as a senior school for the district in 1936. It accommodates 520 children. Headmaster: Available! Faculty: All Available!

St. Martin's Anglican Church

When the nissen hut-turned house of worship on base just isn't enough, many men come to St. Martin's on Sunday morning. It helps that nearly every family of Chipping-Ongar does the same, including the pretty English girls the men are always trying to get closer to. However, all other intentions aside, St. Martin's is a taste of home that many Chipping-Ongar men crave. Rector: Available! Other clergy members / volunteers at the church: All available!

OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE ADDED

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