Airfield Bombing Decoy Site Q96a |
| Hob Uid: 1442268 | |
Location :
Medway
Cliffe and Cliffe Woods
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| Grid Ref : TQ7291577233 |
| Summary : A Second World War building constructed as the control room for a night decoy airfield on Cliffe Marshes. The decoy was built to deceive the enemy into bombing it, instead of the nearby Royal Air Force Gravesend airfield. The building is a rectangular brick structure with a flat concrete roof.The structural remains of the WW2 decoy control building described above was seen at TQ 7291 7724 to the south of Boatrick House. The building measured 10m x 5m, and was mapped from aerial photographs taken in 1947 as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. No sign of the decoy structures could be seen. |
More information : World War II building built as the control room for a night decoy airfield on Cliffe Marshes. (1)
The structural remains of the WW2 decoy control building described above was seen at TQ 7291 7724 to the south of Boatrick House. The building measured 10m x 5m, and was mapped from aerial photographs taken in 1947 as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. The building was still surviving in 2007. No sign of the actual decoy structures could be seen. (2-3) |