WW2 Decoy sites

This is Llandow's decoy airfield at Marcross, I have also posted this on the Llandow thread.







The bunker is easily viewable and appears to be in very good order.

Can someone here clarify, were there two buildings per decoy a/f, a bunker and a shed/hut type?

Can someone here clarify, were there two buildings per decoy a/f, a bunker and a shed/hut type?

We know that the 'bunker' was used as a point of control and as a shelter. Many of the decoy sites used flammable materials and materials for re-building the decoys so I should think it most likely that there was a lockable store somewhere on site, most likely a Nissen hut.

Tantalizingly, the top of the bunker is just visible in Street View:

maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=e...cbp=12,87.56,,0,6.02

Hal Chase, The decoy site at maxey or RAF Market Deeping is indeed on the same site as the ROC and according to the locals they remember see oil drums on fire and dummy planes in the field?

Also there the is the GCI station at RAF Langtoft nearby.

Jerry;57771 wrote:

Hal Chase, The decoy site at maxey or RAF Market Deeping is indeed on the same site as the ROC and according to the locals they remember see oil drums on fire and dummy planes in the field?

Thanks for the confirmation Jerry, that's interesting info from the locals too

Been looking into the South Pickenham Decoy Airfield. Check it out on; www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/advancedsearch.aspx . It closed down because the N. Pickenham USAAF base opened up. Check out Wormegay Decoy Airfield via same link, both in place for Raf Marham.

Would this be of interest to anyone, or even for the archive?

cgi.ebay.co.uk/Dummy-Airfield-K-Site-Hag...&hash=item3f0866b57a

I have a copy of the Hagnaby book which I bought at East Kirkby back in 1996 , no ISBN number but published by Proprint of Spilsby . The book has 16pp , A5 in size and the authors were based there between 1940-1942 with Geoff Hall noted as being a flare path operator . The book is mostly made up of personal reminiscences but a sketch of the site in the centre pages shows the layout of flarepath , Whitley decoy aircraft , machine gun posts , MT section , accommodation and air raid shelter . There is also mention of wooden bombs being dropped !
When I was on the Lincolnshire Behind the Scenes Tour last year a local history group had a display of their research work into the Waddington decoy site which was somewhere in the Branston area and there appeared to be remains there too .

There is mention of both Wormegay and S. Pickenham decoy sites in Rod McKenzie's book 'Ghost Fields of Norfolk'. No details other than a couple of photos including the classic mistake of calling a Stanton Air Raid Shelter a bunker!

REF;72749 wrote:

There is mention of both Wormegay and S. Pickenham decoy sites in Rod McKenzie's book 'Ghost Fields of Norfolk'. No details other than a couple of photos including the classic mistake of calling a Stanton Air Raid Shelter a bunker!

Is this the shelter, further down the road towards S.Pickenham? On the left, in a small wood, still visible if you stop & look.

Hi guzzi, not sure where you mean, is there a picture or link in your reply above that I have missed?

Info on Wormegay here;
/community/showthread.php?5747-Wormegay-%28for-RAF-Marham%29 .