Record Details
| NHER Number: | 32723 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two decoy airfield |
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Summary
A night time decoy for Hardwick airfield. Called a 'Q' type, this decoy consisted of rows of electrical lighting made to look like airfield flightpaths, and was designed to divert attention away from the real airfield.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 256 952 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM29NE |
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| Parish: | HEMPNALL, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
World War Two RAF decoy airfield, type Q. Parent field was Hardwick.
See (S1).
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
| <S1> | Serial: Dobinson, C.S.. 1996. Twentieth Century Fortifications in England.. Vol III, p 99. |
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