Record Details
| NHER Number: | 29539 |
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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 with two bunkers exists to the west of the road here. It closed when a Battle Training Area was established and by the year 2000 the army were considering filling in the bunkers for safety reasons.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 858 937 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL89SE |
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| Parish: | STANFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
World War Two decoy airfield type Q (lights only) with bunker to west of road (latter intact in 1990). Closed when Battle Training Area established.
E. Rose (NLA) 3 March 1993.
Parent field was Feltwell.
D. Gurney (NLA) 28 January 1997.
Source [1] states there were infact two bunkers, which the army are considering filling in for safety reasons in 2000.
E. Rose (NLA) 21 March 2000.
Monument Types
- BOMBING DECOY (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Serial: Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum. 1992. Airfields of Norfolk and Suffolk.. Vol 7, p 16. |
| <S2> | Serial: Dobinson, C.S.. 1996. Twentieth Century Fortifications in England Volume III: Bombing Decoys of WWII.. Vol III. p 92. |
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