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Stretchy123
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During the Battle of Britain, the Luftwaffe attacked British airfields. To avoid damage to their infrastructure, various decoys were built as a counter measure. This was a decoy built in 1940 to protect Pershore airfield.
Waymark Code: WMCNDY
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/25/2011
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During the Battle of Britain, the Luftwaffe attacked British airfields. To avoid damage to their infrastructure, various decoys were built as a counter measure. This was a decoy built in 1940 to protect Pershore airfield.
Pershore airfield existed 4 miles way on what is now the industrial park near Pershore Station. It was attacked three times during the Battle of Britain. On two of these it was hit, but one one, this decoy was bombed instead.
During the war, lights were strung out on the fields to simulate a runway. The building remaining to this day is the control bunker which was used for the decoy.
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