Thesaurus Term/Concept: BOMBING DECOY

Identifier 93974
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note A system of lights, controlled fires or dummy constructions, used during WWII to provide a counterfeit target for enemy aircraft.

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Context Record
Monument Type MKE9215 Bombing decoy, near Boatrick House, Cliffe (Monument)
Monument Type MWX18862 Rectangular cut within partial rectangular enclosure (Monument)
Monument Type MWX18859 Rectilinear enclosures, possible decoy site (Monument)
Monument Type MKE42809 Second World War Civil Starfish bombing decoy at Hackington (Monument)
Monument Type MKE19935 Second World War Dummy Airfield, Lullingstone Park (Monument)
Monument Type MKE42739 Second World War Temporary Civil Starfish Bombing decoy in a field near Bridge (Monument)
Monument Type MWX18211 Three circular enclosures, Nor Marsh, Gillingham (Monument)