Monument record 0950905000 - Strike Command

Summary

Grimsdyke in Lacey Green used as office accommodation for Bomber Command

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  • (Former Type) MILITARY BUILDING (Modern - 1940 AD to 1945 AD?)

Description

Grimsdyke was a house used during the Second World War by Bomber Command as office accommodation for the Finanacial Advisers to the Ministry of Defence and for the Command Medical Staff, and was returned at the end of the war (B1).

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC22495 Unpublished document: Bradenham Parish Council. 2000. Bradenham Parish: A Record for the Year 2000. p79-89.
  • <2>SBC22813 Monograph: Michael Hastings. 1979. Bomber Command. p245-51.
  • <3>SBC22814 Monograph: Air Historical Branch. 1956. The Royal Airforce builds for war: A history of design and construction in the RAF 1935-45. p31-3, 36, 47-9.
  • <4>SBC22815 Monograph: Naphill Millennium Committee. 1999. Naphill and Walter's Ash: looking back at village life. p9, 11.
  • <5>SBC22816 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946 & 1947. RAF vertical aerial photographs of Walter's Ash.

Location

Grid reference SU 82600 99667 (point)
Civil Parish BRADENHAM, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish HUGHENDEN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Apr 30 2008 5:03PM

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