Buildings/rooms
There were 17 buildings at Project 81 as follows:-
- 1 Guard Room
- 2 Old dilapidated weather board cottage, Airmens Quarters
- 3 Prefabricated Hut G.I. Roof - Met Store Room
- 4 Latrine
- 5 G.I. Shed
- 6 Weather board Building G.I. Roof General Offices
- 7 Canteen
- 8 W.A.A.F. Mess Room
- 9 Airman's Mess Room
- 10 Guard House
- 11 Latrines
- 12 Air Conditioning Plant
- 13 Area Operations Room and General Offices
- 14 Photographic Intelligence Section
- 15 G.I. Shed
- 16 Weather Board Building G.I. Room
- 17 25 Yard Range Mound
It is believed that the bunker was used as No. 24 Squadron RAAF Headquarters and by the RAAF Operations and Signals group (Intelligence). The building (120 ft x 60 ft) was built like a fortress, with enormous thick walls and roof. It was apparently capable of sustaining a direct hit with minimal damage.
The rooms in the bunkers were used as follows:-
- Emergency Power Plant
- Intelligence Officer
- Meteorological Officer
- Meteorological Room
- Navigation Officer
- Crew Room
- Operations Room
- Cypher Room
- Signals Office
- Receiving Room
- Signals Officer
- Men's Lavatory
- Telephone Exchange
- Strong Room
Two other rooms separated by a walkway were:-
- Fan Room
- Condenser Room
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