Wootton Wawen Decoy Site for RAF Honiley
Description of this historic site
The site of a Second World War bombing decoy. This is a system of lights or fires used as a conterfeit target for enemy aircraft who would drop their bombs on the decoy instead of RAF Honiley. The decoy site is located 1km west of Little Alne.
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Notes about this historic site
1 At Wootton Wawen there was a decoy site Type Q, one of two sites for RAF Honiley, Military Grid Ref 82/582815, NGR SP1261.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
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