RAF Hempstead Norris (Norreys)

[cptpies]

They come in two flavours one is a sewer pipe with embrasures cut out and no roof which most people call a Norcon but is actually a Croft pillbox or technically known as a CP/6/40/111, the other is a fully prefabricated variety like the one shown made of curved segments which could also have a domed roof, which is actually a Norcon like this one. The two seem to be interchangeably named though.




RAF Southrop - Type NORCON by Jonathan Maisey, on Flickr

 

[leftorium]

ahh I see, the Norcon seems to have the advantage that as the 75mm shell smashes through the flimsy concrete walls the roof will collapse in on you finishing the job, entombing your remains and leaving a handy monument on which your epitaph can be inscribed

 

[cptpies]

Airfield pillboxes were initially specified to be bulletproof as it was envisioned they would primarily defend against paratroops which were only lightly armed. The air ministry somewhat belatedly saw the error of that assumption and added extra thicknesses of wall to many pillboxes to bring them up to shell proof standard.