Record Details
| NHER Number: | 32381 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Wormegay World War Two decoy airfield |
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Summary
The site of a type 'Q' decoy airfield. These had mock flare paths and runway lights to confuse enemy bombers at night and distract them from the parent airfield, in this case RAF Marham.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 6490 1249 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF61SW |
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| Parish: | TOTTENHILL, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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| WORMEGAY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
World War Two RAF airfield decoy, type Q. Parent field was Marham.
Called 'Wormegay'.
D.Gurney (NLA), 28 January 1997.
See bunker at site NHER 34319, probably associated.
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 II, p 92. |
Related records
| 34319 | Related to: World War Two decoy airfield shelter (Monument) |
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