Monument record DEP 044 - Airfield Bombing Decoy Q31a
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Summary
Location
| Grid reference | TL 7720 5610 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TL75NE |
| Civil Parish | DEPDEN, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK |
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Full Description
A Second World War bombing decoy located at Ashfield Green. It was built to deflect enemy bombing from Royal Air Force Stradishall airfield. This was a 'Q-type' night decoy, which displayed lights to simulate an active airfield. It was built toward the end of 1939 and ceased operation in 1941, due to the construction of nearby Royal Air Force Chedburgh airfield. Following its closure, a replacement decoy for Royal Air Force Stradishall was constructed at Lidgate, to supplement a further decoy at Poslingford. By the 1970s the Ashfield Green site had been given over to agricultural use and no features of the decoy survive.
Sources/Archives (5)
- <1> SSF55938 Monograph: Dobinson, C.. 1996. Twentieth century fortifications in England, volume 3. Bombing decoys of WWII : England's passive air defences, 1939-45.
- <2> SSF55939 Bibliographic reference: Anderton, M. J.. 1999. Twentieth century military recording project: World War Two bombing decoy sites.
- <3> SXS50101 Monograph: Dobinson, C.. 2000. Fields of Deception: Britain's Bombing Decoys of World War II.
- <4> SSF60207 Bibliographic reference: Fairhead, H.. 1996. Huby Fairhead's decoy sites: wartime deception in Norfolk and Suffolk.
- <5> SSF59794 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record Of the Historic Environment.
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- None recorded
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Record last edited
Feb 14 2022 12:13PM