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Simon_sanigar

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Afternoon walk to an air raid shelter, was not a lot to see but excuse to get the camera out for a couple of snaps.


Am sure they is no need me to tell you what an Air Raid shelter is but just in case some of you don't :p

An air raid shelter also know as a bomb shelter, are structures for the protection of civil population as well as military personnel against enemy attacks.

Hope you like.


an after noon walk to a air raid shelter by simon_sanigar, on Flickr


an after noon walk to a air raid shelter by simon_sanigar, on Flickr


an after noon walk to a air raid shelter by simon_sanigar, on Flickr


an after noon walk to a air raid shelter by simon_sanigar, on Flickr


an after noon walk to a air raid shelter by simon_sanigar, on Flickr


an after noon walk to a air raid shelter by simon_sanigar, on Flickr


an after noon walk to a air raid shelter by simon_sanigar, on Flickr


463766_10151096338271222_633097406_o by simon_sanigar, on Flickr


an after noon walk to a air raid shelter by simon_sanigar, on Flickr


an after noon walk to a air raid shelter by simon_sanigar, on Flickr


an after noon walk to a air raid shelter by simon_sanigar, on Flickr

Thanks for looking.
 
Hi

Since these are Stanton airraid shelters which are normaly found on WW2 airfields, the qustions is which Airfield?

Cheers Newage
 
normally stanton shelters are covered over with earth, maybe someone was going to shift it years ago.
 
Little gem for all you airfield Stanton fans, this shelter/shed is made out of Stanton sections and has
Been bricked up at each end, it's next to the old control tower at RAF Edgehill

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Enjoy
Newage
 
Newage bit confused here, are you saying these pictures i have posted are next to the to the old control tower at RAF Edgehill ?? or are you telling us were they are some alike of these?
 
normally stanton shelters are covered over with earth, maybe someone was going to shift it years ago.

Not necessarily. It was covered with earth 70 years ago, if the earth banking is not kept up it can erode. On a disused airfield this is common.

If you have GPS Simon, stick up a grid ref. :)
 
Would love to know why most airfields had them, and then why do you get exceptions like Biggin Hill which has buried Nissen huts?
 
Would love to know why most airfields had them, and then why do you get exceptions like Biggin Hill which has buried Nissen huts?

Stantons were cheap, mass produced, easy to erect and convenient from an Air Ministry viewpoint. The sections could quite literally be carried onto the site and put up quickly without specialist equipment. Civilian shelters mostly utilised existing local underground areas such as tunnels, tube stations, factory basements and the like. Airfields were remote from these type of 'amenities' and therefore required purpose built shelters. Stantons weren't the only type used, just the most readily available. :)
 

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