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Discovering RAF Ibsley: Overview
by Mike Searle
geograph for square SU1608
This view overlooking Mockbeggar Lakes was created by post-war gravel... (more)
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: Battle Command Headquarters (1)
by Mike Searle
geograph for square SU1608
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Airfield Battle Headquarters: DoB ID: S0007964
Most WWII airfields had... (more)
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: HF/DF station (1)
by Mike Searle
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RDF Tower DoB ID: e29831
Located at a remote site about 2 miles northeast... (more)
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: Battle Command Headquarters (10)
by Mike Searle
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Airfield Battle Headquarters: DoB ID: S0007964
Machine Gun Pit: DoB ID:... (more)
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: Quarters site - Newlands Plantation
by Mike Searle
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The foundations of two or three Nissen huts are located close to the footpath... (more)
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: Control Tower (1)
by Mike Searle
geograph for square SU1508
On the inside corner of Cherry Orchard stands the shell of the Control Tower... (more)
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: Communal site No. 1 (1)
by Mike Searle
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Located in the hamlet of Ibsley itself, this appears to have been the largest of... (more)
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: Mockbeggar Lane technical site (1)
by Mike Searle
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A dispersal site located on the north side of the airfield in a field at Ibsley... (more)
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: Communal site No. 2 (1)
by Mike Searle
geograph for square SU1610
The smaller of the two communal sites, this site at Brooklands Farm, South... (more)
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: HF/DF station (14)
by Mike Searle
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RDF Tower DoB ID: e29831
The interpretation panel inside the blast wall... (more)
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: HF/DF station (13)
by Mike Searle
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RDF Tower DoB ID: e29831
This is pure conjecture on my part, but the wire... (more)
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: HF/DF station (12)
by Mike Searle
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RDF Tower DoB ID: e29831
In the vicinity of the shelter and the building... (more)
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: HF/DF station (11)
by Mike Searle
for square SU1710
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RDF Tower DoB ID: e29831
A close-up of the three mounting bolt pairs on... (more)
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: HF/DF station (10)
by Mike Searle
for square SU1710
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RDF Tower DoB ID: e29831
A short distance from the air raid shelter is a... (more)
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: HF/DF station (9)
by Mike Searle
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RDF Tower DoB ID: e29831
A view of this site's ancillary features... (more)
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: HF/DF station (8)
by Mike Searle
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RDF Tower DoB ID: e29831
A second view of the building platform and air... (more)
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: HF/DF station (7)
by Mike Searle
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RDF Tower DoB ID: e29831
100 metres to the south east of the D/F station... (more)
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: HF/DF station (6)
by Mike Searle
for square SU1710
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RDF Tower DoB ID: e29831
A second view of the concrete marker at due north... (more)
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: HF/DF station (5)
by Mike Searle
for square SU1710
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RDF Tower DoB ID: e29831
In front of the concrete marker block at due... (more)
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: HF/DF station (4)
by Mike Searle
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RDF Tower DoB ID: e29831
There were 16 concrete marker blocks like these... (more)
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: HF/DF station (3)
by Mike Searle
for square SU1710
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RDF Tower DoB ID: e29831
A pair of the bolts used to secure the tower to... (more)
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: HF/DF station (2)
by Mike Searle
geograph for square SU1710
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RDF Tower DoB ID: e29831
A view inside the octagonal blast wall showing... (more)
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: Battle Command Headquarters (11)
by Mike Searle
geograph for square SU1608
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Airfield Battle Headquarters: DoB ID: S0007964
Machine Gun Pit: DoB ID:... (more)
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: Battle Command Headquarters (9)
by Mike Searle
geograph for square SU1608
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Airfield Battle Headquarters: DoB ID: S0007964
The Battle HQ was itself... (more)
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: Battle Command Headquarters (8)
by Mike Searle
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Airfield Battle Headquarters: DoB ID: S0007964
A general consensus... (more)
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: Battle Command Headquarters (7)
by Mike Searle
geograph for square SU1608
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Airfield Battle Headquarters: DoB ID: S0007964
A general view of the... (more)
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: Battle Command Headquarters (6)
by Mike Searle
for square SU1608
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Airfield Battle Headquarters: DoB ID: S0007964
Leading directly off the... (more)
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: Battle Command Headquarters (5)
by Mike Searle
for square SU1608
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Airfield Battle Headquarters: DoB ID: S0007964
The viewing slit in the... (more)
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: Battle Command Headquarters (4)
by Mike Searle
geograph for square SU1608
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Airfield Battle Headquarters: DoB ID: S0007964
The east side cupola has... (more)
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: Battle Command Headquarters (3)
by Mike Searle
geograph for square SU1608
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Airfield Battle Headquarters: DoB ID: S0007964
The emergency escape hatch... (more)
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: Battle Command Headquarters (2)
by Mike Searle
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: pillbox or air raid shelter
by Mike Searle
geograph for square SU1507
This structure which may be a sole survivor amongst other buildings now lost to... (more)
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: Crossley Towers, Nissen hut
by Mike Searle
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: Crossley Towers
by Mike Searle
geograph for square SU1609
Crossley Towers, formerly called Mockbeggar Slade lies below Summerlug Hill. It... (more)
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: Quarters site No. 10
by Mike Searle
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This was a remote site on Summerlug Hill, with little visible beyond the barbed... (more)
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: Quarters site No. 9 (4)
by Mike Searle
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Standard latrine block which has been refurbished and put to good use in modern... (more)
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: Quarters site No. 9 (3)
by Mike Searle
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: Quarters site No. 9 (2)
by Mike Searle
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: Communal site No. 2 (4)
by Mike Searle
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: Communal site No. 2 (3)
by Mike Searle
geograph for square SU1610
Surviving barrack accommodation. The taped windows are not original, but relate... (more)
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: Communal site No. 2 (2)
by Mike Searle
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: Communal site No. 1 (4)
by Mike Searle
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: Communal site No. 1 (3)
by Mike Searle
geograph for square SU1609
A view inside one of the blast shelters looking down into the interior showing... (more)
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: Communal site No. 1 (2)
by Mike Searle
geograph for square SU1609
The entrance to one of three blast shelters located around the site, these are... (more)
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: Ellingham Drove technical site (3)
by Mike Searle
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: Ellingham Drove technical site (2)
by Mike Searle
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This is a hardened sleeping shelter, identical to the one at the Mockbeggar Lane... (more)
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: Ellingham Drove technical site (1)
by Mike Searle
geograph for square SU1508
This dispersal site on the north side of Ellingham Drove was on the south side... (more)
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: Mockbeggar Lane technical site (5)
by Mike Searle
geograph for square SU1509
Some of the other air raid shelters on the site now reside in the paddocks of... (more)
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: Mockbeggar Lane technical site (4)
by Mike Searle
geograph for square SU1509
The distinctive tubular construction of this Stanton air raid shelter with its... (more)
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Discovering RAF Ibsley: Mockbeggar Lane technical site (3)
by Mike Searle
geograph for square SU1509
The other side of the hardened shelter that provided sleeping accommodation for... (more)
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