WW2 Decoy sites

I don't think the map is next to useless - it would be good to see the names of the sites! I can make some out though!

Thanks for posting it up.

There was a kml file link on Bones Aviation Page somewhere that I downloaded, not sure if its the same one that you mention RAF-Lincolnshire but it was on this site;
www.homepages.mcb.net/bones/index.htm

Posters,

as mentioned in other threads, the book you need to locate Decoy Sites is Coin Dobinson's FIELDS OF DECEPTION (ISBN 0-413-74570- which has a comprehensive gazeteer of all the sites in the UK with names and map refs.

Peter H

Hi

Can anyone help with the following precise locations of decoy sites.

The decoy for Bodney apart from Watton

The decoy for Charmy Down apart from Marshfield. The site no. was 113

The Decoy for Newhaven

The Decoy for Wombleton Site no. 138

As well as any of the precise locations of Decoy Sites for the following :

Regards Martin Burney

Brandon Suffolk decoy for Feltwell no. 165

Broadley Essex " " Huntsdon

Burgh Lincs

Caenby Norfiolk " Hemlswell no. 016

Caudlemere Norfolk " Feltwell

Chaire Of Lyde Orkneys

Coltishall Norfolk " Coltishall

Drayton Norfolk " Horsham St Faith ?

Glims Moss Orkneys

Hillborough Norfolk " Watton ?

Long Load Somerset " Yeovilton

Lowick Northumbria " Millfield no. 180

Lybster Caithness

Marcross South Glam " Llandow no. 055

Marcross South Glam " St Athan no. 151

Methwold Severals Norfolk " Methwold

Micheldever Hants " Worthy Down

Monkton Kent " Manston no. 050

Newton Bay Hants

Newton Poppleford Devon

Panshanger Herts " Hatfield

Penmark South Glam " St Athan

Roseisle Morayshire " Kinloss

Rousay Orkneys

Shotesham Norfolk " Hardwick

Shurdington Gloucs " Brockworth no. 203

South Pickenham Norfolk " Marham

Surlingham Norfolk

Swinton Berwickshire " Charterhall no. 179

Thruxton Hants " Andover no. 070

Walton Heath Surrey " Kenley no. 082

Weasenham Norfolk

Westby Lancs " Kirkham no. 214

Whatfield Suffolk " Wattisham

Whitekirk Lothian " Turnhouse no. 005

Hi. Just had a look around Fulmodestone "KQ" Decoy A/Field. Seems to have weathered well considering the time its been neglected.

Flashearth Lat:52.832092 Long: 0.988785



Approaching from Fulmodestone rd. this is side entrance, blastproof wall missing. you can see blastproof for front entrance is still there, on the left.


View taken from front. Note concrete plinth has been moved from it's original position.
small projection in middle of railings is where I think chance light was situated, more on that later. Am sure corregated iron would have originally been covered with earth.

More pics on following posts. Now that I'm am getting the hang of posting pics.

Moving around the front.


Last one from the front showing generator room am sure this would have been covered with earth as well. Exhaust vent at top is 12'' in diameter.




Inside of generator room. prefabricated concrete construction. Tar or pitch spatted up the wall

living quarters 15' x 9' 6'' (generator room is 8' x 7' 6'') Small hall between the two rooms with the front entrance to the left. There is very little rust on the top of the steel ribs the white paint used must be good,as the bottom half of the ribs are all rusty and no paint on at all. could have possible been another colour. Although the ribs are rusty, it is not deeply pitted, a good wire brushing and they would look as good as new.

Did not take a rear view pic as it was just covered with brambles.
This is the view to the rear of the building showing Raw Hall farm. Slightly to the right and approx two miles away is Foulsham airfield.


View from the top of the building, showing where the dummy A/field would have been laid out. Not sure if trees in the distance would have been as tall.

Search or chance light tower, A ladder must have been used to get up there. 9' 9'' to the top of the concrete plinth.

projection from centre of concrete plinth, the remains of an electric cable runs up the middle.
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Were STARFISH sites anything like dummy airfields? Or were they just some piles of combustible materials waiting to be lit?
Or were they even combined with dummy airfields?

Arcade wrote:

Were STARFISH sites anything like dummy airfields? Or were they just some piles of combustible materials waiting to be lit?
Or were they even combined with dummy airfields?

Starfish sites related to those that were made to look like towns, as decoy sites were dummy airfields

Regards Martin Burney

Right yes, so it was decoy towns with fake incendiary fires.

Just found this: www.raf-lincolnshire.info/histor ... hsites.htm
I didn't know that they had started out by just trying decoy lighting before they used fires.

By my reading of that STARFISH was used on airfields too?

great thread this, my father was involved in the construction of decoys etc, but mainly in the south west.