Wendover in Tooele County, Utah — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Airmen’s Dining Hall and Barracks

By Dawn Bowen, June 17, 2007

1. Airmen's Dining Hall and Barracks Marker

Inscription. The airmen’s dining hall (building #2515), remains as one of the most complete buildings on their air base. Squadron insignias currently plainted on the walls, are from the military groups using the base after WW II. Military meals were always an interesting event, and with military precision, meals were available on schedule and served with discipline.

Airmen's dormitories (#2401 and #2514) are the largest set of remaining enlisted men’s quarters. Each building housed 24 men, built to “Temporary Construction” standards—there was no insulation and three temperamental coal stoves provided heat. There were no restrooms in the buildings. The latrine and showers were in separate buildings, at the north end of each set of dorms.

Location. 40° 43.828′ N, 114° 1.639′ W. Marker is in Wendover, Utah, in Tooele County. Marker is on Historic Wendover Airfield. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Wendover UT 84083, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Base Chapel (here, next to this marker); Atomic Mission Hangar 1831 (approx. 0.2 miles away); Operations Building (approx. half a mile away); South Base Area

By Dawn Bowen, June 17, 2007

2. Dining Hall

(approx. 0.6 miles away); Control Tower (approx. 0.6 miles away); Bomb Squadron Hangar (approx. 0.6 miles away); 509th Composite Group – First Atomic Bombardment (approx. 1.6 miles away in Nevada); The Hastings Cutoff (approx. 2½ miles away in Nevada). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wendover.

Also see . . . Wendover Air Field. (Submitted on June 26, 2007, by Dawn Bowen of Fredericksburg, Virginia.)

Categories. • 20th Century • Air & Space • War, World II •

Row of barracks image. Click for full size.

By Dawn Bowen, June 17, 2007

3. Row of barracks

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. This page originally submitted on June 26, 2007, by Dawn Bowen of Fredericksburg, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,422 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 26, 2007, by Dawn Bowen of Fredericksburg, Virginia. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.