SU3401 : WWII Hampshire - RAF Beaulieu airfield: Signals Mortar (1)
taken 1 year ago, 3 km from Furzey Lodge, Hampshire, Great Britain

WWII Hampshire - RAF Beaulieu airfield: Signals Mortar (1)
I missed this the last time I was here. It's a metal casting embedded in concrete about 20 metres behind the Beaulieu pundit code lettersLink
and to the rear of the former Watch Office or Control Tower. It's a Signals Mortar socket, typically used in emergency situations on an airfield when the comparatively weak light fired from a Verey pistol would have been rendered useless in times of poor visibility or bad weather. The Signals Mortar fired a very powerful pyrotechnic flare hundreds of feet vertically into the air, and was used primarily as a measure of last resort for the emergency guidance of an aircraft to an airfield. In such situations a signal mortar would be placed in the socket, and fired by pulling a wire attached to the base.
SU3401 : WWII Hampshire - RAF Beaulieu airfield: Signals Mortar (2)

SU3401 : WWII Hampshire - RAF Beaulieu airfield: Signals Mortar (2)
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- SU3401, 44 images (more nearby
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- Photographer
- Mike Searle (find more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Monday, 13 March, 2017 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Wednesday, 15 March, 2017
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- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
SU 3475 0115 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:48.5320N 1:30.4905W - Camera Location
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OSGB36:
SU 3475 0115
- View Direction
- Northwest (about 315 degrees)
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