Monument record TR 03 SE 150 - Airfield Bombing Decoy Q189a

A Second World War 'Q-type' bombing decoy located at Burmarsh (TR 086 326). It was constructed to deflect enemy bombing from Royal Air Force Newchurch airfield. No date of use is given. (1)

Aerial photography shows that by 1979 the site had been given over to agricultural use and no features of the decoy survive. (2)

NGR concords with that given in source 1. (3)

Aerial photograph showing agricultural use of site. (4)

RAF Newchurch temporary airfield was in operation between 1943 and 1944. Please see HOB UID 1406691. (5)

<1> C S Dobinson, Twentieth century fortifications in England, volume 3. Bombing decoys of WWII : England's passive air defences, 1939-45 (Monograph). SKE58701.

<2> M J Anderton, 01/01/99, Twentieth Century Military Recording Project, WWII Bombing Decoy Sites (Unpublished document). SKE14468.

<3> Dobinson C., 01/01/00, Fields of Deception: Britain’s Bombing Decoys of World War II (Bibliographic reference). SKE15274.

<4> MAL/79030/153 (Photograph). SKE58708.

<5> J. Freeman, Landscapes of War Project Assistant, Landscapes of War Project Communication (Verbal communication). SKE58709.