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