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This is one of the original
buildings dating from WW2. Most RAF stations had Squash Courts
which were originally intended for “Officers Only”, although
this facility was later extended to all ranks in late-1943.
You enter this building through what would have
been the Changing Rooms but which now contain a 1960s/70s Command
Post with Larkspur radios on one side and a display of domestic
items from a 1940s house on the other.
Within the main part of the Squash Court there are
many separate display areas, the first one being a shop from the
WW2 era with a large selection of goods. Many of our ‘senior’
visitors immediately recognize the product brands as ones that
they used themselves. Continuing on the civilian theme the next
display area that you will see is a diorama of the Home Guard,
complete with casualties!
One of the most interesting dioramas is an Ops
Room complete with a plotting-table. On the wall above it is the
squadron status board showing the allocation of aircraft at RAF
Davidstow Moor on D-Day, 6th June 1944.
Elsewhere are representations of a Control Tower
and the type of M & E (Mechanical and Electrical) Workshops
that were on every RAF Station.
Finally just before you leave the building you
will see our version of the Brooding Soldier. The original is a
monument, located at St Julien, Belgium, which was erected in
memory of the many Canadian soldiers who were killed at the Battle
of Ypres in 1915.
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