2011

NS4277 : Starfish Decoy control bunker: entrance passage

taken 15 years ago, near to Bellsmyre, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland

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Starfish Decoy control bunker: entrance passage
Starfish Decoy control bunker: entrance passage
This is a view into the entrance that appears on the near side of the bunker in NS4277 : Starfish Decoy control bunker. To left and right, at the end of the passage, an opening leads to a room.

For a view outwards along the same passage, see NS4277 : Starfish Decoy control bunker: entrance passage.
Auchenreoch Starfish decoy

During the Second World War, so-called Starfish decoys were carefully designed to provide very convincing false targets for enemy bombers. See LinkExternal link (at Secret Scotland) for a full explanation; LinkExternal link (at the same site) for a detailed description (with many photos) of the particular site shown here; Link for my own article on the topic; LinkExternal link for an annotated satellite view; and Link for nearby bomb craters, testimony to the decoy's effectiveness.


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NS4277, 78 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Lairich Rig   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 29 April, 2011   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 12 May, 2011
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NS 4204 7754 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:57.8885N 4:31.9336W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NS 4204 7754
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North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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