1 The site of a heavy anti aircraft installation dating from the Second World War. It was part of the Coventry Gun Defended Area, no B, title H71, and was ...
The site of a heavy anti aircraft installation dating from the Second World War and identified at this grid reference from documentary evidence.
1 The site of a heavy anti aircraft battery, H22, first mentioned in June 1942 and part of the Coventry Gun Defended Area. At that date is was not listed ...
The site of a heavy anti aircraft battery from the Second World War, identified at this grid reference by documentary evidence. It was located 600m southwest of Ash-pole Spinney.
1 The site of a heavy anti aircraft battery, part of the Coventry Gun Defended Area. It was first listed in June 1942 as H24. At this date it was ...
The site of a heavy anti aircraft battery from the Second World War identified at this grid reference by documentary evidence.
1 The site of a heavy anti aircraft battery which was part of the Coventry Gun Defended Area. It was listed as H29 and first mentioned in June 1942. At ...
The site of a heavy anti aircraft battery from the Second World War identified at this grid reference from documentary evidence. It was located 250m north of Tuckey's Bridge.
1 A light anti aircraft site dating from World War II, no 417. The vulnerable point needing protection in this instance was Hams Hall Power Station. A LAA installation ...
The site of a light anti aircraft artillery emplacement from the Second World War. There is documentary evidence that it was positioned to protect Hams Hall Power Station, and was located at this grid reference.
1 The site of a light anti aircraft gun emplacement, no 281, listed in June 1940. The features were typically not substantial. Light anti aircraft guns were smaller, faster firing ...
The site of a light anti aircraft emplacement from the Second World War identified from documentary evidence. Its purpose was to protect the Lodge Plug Works at Rugby. It was located 200m west of the Clifton Road Cemetery.
1 The site of a light anti aircraft gun emplacement, no 669. No further details currently available.
The site of a anti aircraft gun emplacement from the Second World War identified from documentary evidence. Its location, somewhere in Nuneaton, is unknown.
1 Type Q (night) decoy. The purpose of these sites was to simulate the flarepath lighting of permanent RAF stations. Bombing decoys covered large areas of open land; and very ...
The site of Wibtoft bombing decoy, a system of lights, fires or dummy objects designed to confuse the enemy into dropping bombs in the wrong place, and so protecting RAF Bramcote. It is identified at this grid reference from documentary evidence.
1 A Starfish site (from Special Fire sites). Fire based decoys like this one were set up following the bombing of Coventry in November 1940 to protect urban sites. A ...
The site of a fire based bombing decoy site from the Second World War known as a Starfish site. Night time fires were created to confuse enemy aircraft and draw them away from their real target. Documentary evidence gives this grid reference 2 km to the east of Halford.
1 The site of a fire based bombing decoy site from the Second World War known as a permanent Starfish. Fire based decoys were set up following the bombing of ...
The site of a fire based decoy bombing installation known as a permanent Starfish from the Second World War. Night time blazes were created to confuse enemy aircraft and draw them away from their real target. Documentary evidence gives this grid reference west of Maxstoke.
1 The site of a Permanent Starfish, (‘Starfish’ from ‘Special Fires’). Fire based decoys were set up all over the country in November 1940 (following the bombing of Coventry in ...
The site of a fire based bombing decoy installation known as a 'Starfish' from the Second World War. Night time fires were created to confuse the enemy into dropping their bombs away from their real target.
1 The site of a bombing decoy installation as part of the QL and QF programmes. The lighting decoy was set up to simulate factory lighting and protect the BSA ...
The site of a lighting and fire civil decoy site from the Second World War designed to confuse the enemy aircraft into dropping their bombs in the wrong place. Documentary evidence sites it 800m north of Outhill.
1 Morton Bagot lighting decoy site in the QL programme for the Birmingham area. It was set up to simulate factory lighting smilar to that at the BSA factory at ...
The site of a lighting civil decoy from the Second World War, designed to confuse the enemy aircraft into dropping bombs in the wrong place. It was located 200m southeast of Stappenhill Wood.
1 Eathorpe lighting decoy emplacement in the QL programme for the Coventry area. It was set up to simulate factory lighting in an attempt to protect factories in Coventry. No ...
The site of a lighting civil decoy installation from the Second World War, designed to confuse the enemy into dropping their bombs in the wrong place. Documentary evidence locates the site south west of Eathorpe.
1 Hunningham lighting decoy site in the QL programme for the Coventry area. It was set up to simulate the lights of a marshalling yard (parallel railway sidings) and so ...
The site of a lighting bombing decoy installation from the Second World War designed to confuse the enemy into dropping their bombs in the wrong place. Documentary evidence places it 800m southwest of Hunningham.
1 Bubbenhall bombing decoy site was part of the QL and QF programme for the Coventry area. It was set up to simulate factory lighting as a way ...
A lighting and fire bombing civil decoy site from the Second World War designed to confuse the enemy into dropping their bombs in the wrong place. The documented grid reference is just east of Waverley Wood.
1 Leamington Hastings lighting bombing decoy site in the QL programme for the Coventry area. It was set up to simulate factory lighting and so draw the enemy away from ...
A lighting civil decoy site from the Second World War designed to confuse the enemy into dropping their bombs in the wrong place. It was located 500m northeast of Leamington Hastings.
1 Barby lighting bombing decoy site in the QL programme for Rugby. It was set up to simulate the lights of a marshalling yard (parallel railway sidings) and of loco ...
A lighting bombing decoy site from the Second World War, designed to confuse the enemy into dropping their bombs in the wrong place. Documentary evidence places it 1km northwest of Barby.
1. Maxstoke bombing decoy site in the Q programme for Birmingham.
Lighting decoys were a cheap and effective method of confusing the enemy and their deployment dates from July ...
A bombing decoy site from the Second World War designed to confuse the enemy into dropping their bombs in the wrong place. Documentary evidence places it 800m east of Maxstoke.
1 Kingsbury bombing decoy site which was part of the QL and QF programmes for Birmingham. The QL site was set up to simulate the lights of a marshalling ...
A lighting and fire bombing decoy site from the Second World War designed to confuse the enemy into dropping their bombs in the wrong place. Documentary evidence places it 600m southwest of Kingsbury Wood.
1 The site of a pillbox dating from the Second World War.
The site of a pillbox, a structure with thick loopholed walls and flat roof, designed to house a variety of weapons and placed to cover a vulnerable point, dating from the Second World War.
1 On the Tithe Award map this field is known as ‘Clay Butts’.
2 Much of the field is a high steep-sided bank and is a likely site for the butts ...
The site of possible butts of a firing range dating to the Imperial period. It is visible as an earthwork and known from place name evidence. It is situated 400m north west of Preston Green.
1 Site of butts marked on OS map of 1886.
The site of butts, structures on which an archery or artillary target was mounted. The site dates from the Imperial period and is situated 300m south of Daniels Wood.
2 A group of 3-4 ring ditches show on aerial photographs.
3 These look very like other anti-aircraft guns/spot-light batteries in the county.
4 In 1974 RGL found Post Medieval and Imperial ...
Several ring ditches are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. They may represent the remains of a Second World War anti aircraft battery or a searchlight battery. The site lies 1km east of Barnacle.