1 The remains of a very small brick surface shelter dating to WW2.
The remains of a very small surface shelter dating from the Second World War, and situated between Hill and Kites Hardwick.
1 The remains of a brick building of the Air Ministry type dating from WW2.
The remains of a temporary brick building of the Air Ministry type, situated between Hill and Kites Hardwick.
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 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 Bombing decoy type M Series, a dummy building. These decoy buildings were expensive to construct and to maintain.They drew attacks in 1940, but not subsequently. Leamington Hastings was one ...
The site of a dummy factory from the Second World War constructed to protect the Armstrong Whitworth factory at Baginton by confusing enemy aircraft and prompting them to drop bombs in the wrong place. Information is from documentary evidence.