Monument record 0660601002 - Westcott airfield bomb store

Summary

WWII bomb store at RAF Westcott, later used as a magazine for the rocket testing site.

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  • None recorded

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  • BOMB STORE (Modern - 1942 AD to 1994 AD?)

Description

The detached magazine area, formerly the airfield bomb dump, lies to the west of the former railway line. Area not visited in 1993 (B5).
Photos show that at least two of the original 8 World War II bomb stores (H and E) had been roofed over to create storagage areas (B7).
NGR to centre of Bomb Storage Area.

Sources (2)

  • <5>SBC19422 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2001. Cold War Monuments: an assessment by the Monuments Protection Programme.
  • <7>SBC23214 Unpublished document: David Radford (BCC). 2007. Map extracts annotated with brief notes and photographs taken during site visit in August 2007..

Location

Grid reference SP 69780 16840 (point)
Civil Parish WESTCOTT, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jul 12 2016 9:51AM

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