Time capsule: RAF WW2 hospital

Part of Britain’s last remaining WWII RAF Hospital is to open its doors to the public for the first time as part of National Archaeology Week.

The airmen’s recovery ward, one of three buildings that also comprise a surgical block and decontamination chamber, is situated in the grounds of the National Trust’s Croome Park in Worcestershire and will be open to the public on July 15 and 16. . .

Upwards of 100 aircraft operated out of Defford at its wartime peak but today all that remains of the base is its medical centre, complete with its remarkably untouched original fabric and décor.

Posted by David on July 12, 2006 1:37 PM