Record Details
| NHER Number: | 17484 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two decoy airfield |
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Summary
A World War Two decoy airfield was situated here. It had lights only and was known as ‘Breckles’. The parent airfield for this decoy was Watton.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 955 952 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL99NE |
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| Parish: | STOW BEDON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Night decoy station for Snetterton. Q site, lights only.
Information from Airfields of Norfolk and Suffolk Volume III.
E. Rose (NAU) 10 August 1981.
Located by Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum in 1984.
Known as 'Breckles'?
Parent field was Watton.
D. Gurney (NLA) 28 January 1997.
Monument Types
- BOMBING DECOY (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Serial: Dobinson, C.S.. 1996. Twentieth Century Fortifications in England.. Vol III, p 99. |
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