Record Details
| NHER Number: | 23220 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible World War One bombing range and Site of World War Two decoy |
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Summary
The possible site of a World War Two Starfish decoy. These were designed to fool enemy bombers into thinking they were bombed towns, with a variety of effects to represent both small fires and major conflagrations. This one was to protect King's Lynn.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 62687 25742 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF62NW |
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| Parish: | NORTH WOOTTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Possibly area TF 633255 to 626257. On North Wootton Marshes.
Decoy Starfish for Lynn.
Information Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum.
E. Rose (NAU), 21 January 1987.
This would appear to also be the site of the bombing range mentioned in (S1), containing at least one aircraft crash site. Decoys are known to have doubled as bombing ranges. This range is recorded as having wicker targets.
E. Rose (NLA), 29 June 2007.
Monument Types
- BOMBING RANGE (World War One - 1914 AD to 1918 AD)
- AIRCRAFT (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- 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> | Newspaper Article: Lynn News. 1998. Golden days of life on north Wootton marsh. 29 September. |
Related records - none
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