Thorpe Abbotts BHQ, Norfolk, July 2010

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WinchItIn

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Following our trip to the Control Tower we decided to check out the BHQ,
Info from D.O.B.
Standard 11008/41 type Battle Headquarters. Built above ground due to drainage problems.
(Source: Field Visit 1994/01)


Official Name RAF Thorpe Abbotts
Local Name Thorpe Abbotts Airfield
Type of site BATTLE HEADQUARTERS (11008/41)
Location Thorpe Abbotts airfield.

Area Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England

Grid reference TM 1904 8131

Period WW2

Condition Good

Materials Unknown
Recorder Kent, Peter (Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey)
Defence grouping RAF Thorpe Abbotts defences - Ground defences

DOB site reference: S0002308

Original Reference 7637
Event Field Visit, On 1994/01
Construction, In the period 1940 1941

On with the photo's


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View from the Control Tower.
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Thanks for looking
Winch​
 
nice to see one dry, all the ones I have visited north of the thames are uasually kneck deep in water :)
 

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