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- the effect of being in a genuine WW2 air-raid shelter.
- there is a soundtrack to this experience which has a commentary
mixed in with the sound of bombs and sirens.
- visual effects to accompany the sound of explosions |
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This Stanton air raid shelter was built in 1942
when the airfield was constructed. Actually the term should be ‘erected’
rather than ‘built’ as it is made of several inter-linking
parts that are bolted together.
Many of these shelters still exist around the
airfield in various states of disrepair but the one that we have
here at the museum has been fully restored and is both clean and
dry.
Bench seating is provided down both sides and
audio/video effects begin just after you walk through the entrance
doorway. The commentary commences with an air raid warning and
continues with a detailed description (with the accompanying sound
of aircraft and bombs exploding) until the ‘All Clear’ is
sounded and you are free to leave!
At the entrance to the shelter (as seen in the
left-hand photo above) there is a group photograph of crew from
404 ‘Buffalo’ Sqdn, Royal Canadian Air Force which was taken
at that very spot on 7th June 1944.
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