Monument record 0847603000 - RAF Booker

Summary

Site of WWII pillbox, now destroyed.

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • (Former Type) PILLBOX (Modern - 1940 AD? to 1995 AD?)

Description

Cantilevered pillbox recorded by Defence of Britain Project Regional Coordinator in 1995 and 1997. Pillbox constructed 1940-1. 'According to airfield manager the site was blown up by the Territorial Army'. NGR approximate (B4).
Detailed NGR derived from modern OS mapping, confirmed by 1946, 1947 and 1985 vertical APs.

Sources (5)

  • ---SBC22336 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1947. 1947 RAF Vertical APs.
  • ---SBC22337 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. 1946 RAF Vertical APs.
  • ---SBC22338 Aerial Photograph: Cambridge Committee for Aerial Photography. 1985. Bucks County Survey vertical APs.
  • <4>SBC22299 Digital archive: Council for British Archaeology. 2002. Defence of Britain database. Anti-invasion record ID:S0007929.
  • <8>SBC25359 Digital archive: UK Pillbox Study Group. 2020. UK Pillbox Study Group - Database of Modern Defence Sites.

Location

Grid reference SU 82335 90534 (point)
Civil Parish GREAT MARLOW, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 29 2021 12:35PM

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