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RAF Rudloe Manor, formerly RAF Box, was a Royal Air Force station located north-east of Bath, England, between the settlements of Box and Corsham, in Wiltshire. It was one of several military installations situated in the area and covered three dispersed sites. ==Function== The station was established on top of quarries from which Bath Stone had been extracted. In the 1930s some of the tunnels had been converted for use as a Central Ammunition Depot. The vast caverns had some of space, divided into many smaller chambers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=MoD Corsham )〕 The station was established in Spring 1940 to act as headquarters for No. 10 Group RAF, whose area encompassed South West England and South Wales.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Browns Quarry history )〕 No. 10 Group was disbanded in May 1945.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Joint Support Unit (JSU), Corsham )〕 The operations room, responsible for directing RAF aircraft in the No. 10 Group area, was initially located in a block adjacent to the old manor. In 1940 it was relocated into the north end of an underground bunker in Browns Quarry.〔 The operations room became disused in May 1945 when No. 10 Group was disbanded.〔 The filter room, responsible for filtering large quantities of intelligence on enemy activity before it was passed to the operations room, was located in the south end of the underground bunker in Browns Quarry and became operational in 1940.〔 The filter room became disused in May 1945 when No. 10 Group was disbanded.〔 The members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force who manned the bunker were billeted at nearby Hartham Park.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History of Hartham Park )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「RAF Rudloe Manor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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