Record Details
| NHER Number: | 20535 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two bombing decoy |
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Summary
A World War Two bombing decoy type Q site used lights to trick enemy places and protect nearby RAF West Raynham.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 956 242 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF92SE |
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| Parish: | GATELEY, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Decoy airfield.
World War Two Q site, lights only, decoy for West Raynham. Shelter may remain on site.
Information from [1] via Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum.
E. Rose (NAU), 19 July 1984.
Monument Types
- BOMBING DECOY (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Serial: Dobinson, C.S.. 1996. Twentieth Century Fortifications in England Volume III: Bombing Decoys of WWII.. Vol III. p 92. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
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