Record Details
| NHER Number: | 34203 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two anti aircraft battery |
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Summary
A World War Two anti aircraft battery is visible on aerial photographs taken from 1945 onwards, but is clearly demolished by 1952.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 2054 1308 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG21SW |
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| Parish: | BROADLAND |
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| HELLESDON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
April 1946.
RAF aerial photograph shows 4 circular structures alongside hedge to east which are commensurate with anti aircraft battery.
B. Cushion (NLA) 16 February 1999.
April 2010. Norfolk NMP.
A World War Two anti aircraft battery is visible on aerial photographs taken from 1945 onwards (S2-S9), but is clearly demolished by 1952 (S10).
Four gun emplacements are visible in a north-south line, with a command post to the centre left, centred on TG 2058 1315.These are particularly clear on (S5). An area of accommodation huts is visible to the south, centred on TG 2060 1297.
The site is not visible at all in 1942 (S1). It is also clear to see that the site changes character between March and May 1944 (S2-S3), suggesting that it was perhaps still in use as an AA battery on the earlier photograph, but that by May 1944 there are several rows of tents visible at the southern end of the site, perhaps indicating further temporary accommodation here once the site had gone out of use.
E. Bales (NMP), April 2010.
Monument Types
- ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- MILITARY BUILDING (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- MILITARY CAMP? (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- NISSEN HUT (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1942. RAF HLA/479 1100 13-APR-1942 (NMR). |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: USAAF. 1944. US/7PH/GP/LOC264 5044 31-MAR-1944 (NMR). |
| <S3> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: USAAF. 1944. US/7GR/LOC 348 2197 27-MAY-1944 (NMR). |
| <S4> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/LA/191 7070-1 22-MAR-1945 (NMR). |
| <S5> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/1007 6174-5 15-NOV-1945 (NMR). |
| <S6> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1428 4016-7 16-APR-1946 (NMR). |
| <S7> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1636 3150-1 09-JUL-1946 (NMR). |
| <S8> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1947. RAF CPE/UK/2019 5072-3 18-APR-1947 (NMR). |
| <S9> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1947. RAF CPE/UK/2050 5112-3 06-MAY-1947 (NMR). |
| <S10> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1952. RAF 58/956 3006-7 25-SEPT-1952 (NMR). |
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