Anti-Aircraft Gun - Swansea, Wales.
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member veritas vita
N 51° 37.313 W 003° 56.146
30U E 435219 N 5719399
A heavy Anti-Aircraft Gun, featured on Virtual Globetrotting. The gun forms a 'Monument To The Air Defence of Swansea' displayed alongside the Gateway Bridges into the City of Swansea. South Wales.
Waymark Code: WMQ461
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/16/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
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"The Monument is a 3.7-inch Heavy Anti-Aircraft gun. It is one of the guns from the two Battery's (247 & 248) sited around Swansea during the war years, defending the Town of Swansea from Air attacks.
It is a 'Monument To The Air Defence of Swansea' and dedicated to the heroic people of Swansea, who lost their lives or who were wounded, on those fateful nights, in February 1941, during WW2." Text source; (visit link) & (visit link)
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