Green Street Bunker - Buildings/rooms

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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