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Bomb craters near Auchenreoch decoy
There are several Second World War bomb craters in this area, testifying to the success of a Starfish Decoy – Link – (a system of decoy fires) that was located there. See Link for a view of all of these bomb crater photographs on a zoomable map. See Link
for an annotated satellite view that shows the location of some of the craters and the remains of the Starfish Decoy. See Link for further discussion.
for an annotated satellite view that shows the location of some of the craters and the remains of the Starfish Decoy. See Link for further discussion.by Lairich Rig
Created: Wed, 3 Feb 2010, Updated: Thu, 3 Jan 2019
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