2015

TF8304 : WW2 Q/K control bunker

taken 9 years ago, near to South Pickenham, Norfolk, England

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WW2 Q/K control bunker
WW2 Q/K control bunker
View of the control room, from where the lights of the dummy airfield were controlled. It protected RAF Marham from enemy bombing raids and had the number 27a (Swaffham). For an exterior view see > Link. The other two dummy airfields for Marham were at South Acre (27b and at Wormegay (27c) > Link. Both these sites were Q sites (daytime only).
WW2 Drem Q and K Stations

Airfield decoy sites represented dummy airfields with the aim to draw enemy bombers away from the true target. Sites operating at night were referred to as "Q" sites and those operating at daytime were "K" sites. At the Fulmodeston site, for instance, dummy Blenheim bombers and flare paths were used to trick enemy planes and to provide protection for the real airfield at nearby RAF West Raynham. The largest room of the shelter was used as a rest room for the crew > Link. A small passage > Link separates it from the generator room at the back > Link.

The first Drem Q stations were opened in the late summer of 1941. They were much larger than the old T-type stations, with a long flarepath and a V-shaped approach funnel. The main flarepath lights were Glim lamps, ie the standard type of RAF runway lighting, mounted on poles above the crops. Obstruction and other hazard warning lights were also included, as was a motor headlamp designed to catch the eye of hostile pilots. As a concession to the operator in the Drem Q this was mounted on a platform on top of a newly designed shelter adapted for surface construction and protected by heavy banking with earth > Link.

Drem Q stations were operated by two men, one working the lamp whilst the other was keeping watch. (Source: Colin Dobinson, "Fields of Deception: Britain's Bombing Decoys in World War II")


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TF8304, 25 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Evelyn Simak   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 4 May, 2015   (more nearby)
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Monday, 4 May, 2015
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TF 8365 0433 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:36.3422N 0:42.6388E
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OSGB36: geotagged! TF 8363 0433
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EAST (about 90 degrees)
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