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Monument details

HER Number:1477274
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of Second World War heavy anti aircraft (Diver) battery at Dymchurch

Summary

Site of Second World War heavy anti aircraft (Diver) battery at Dymchurch, deployed here on 2nd August 1944, and was armed with four mobile 90mm guns. This formed part of the Littlestone Section of American Anti Aircraft Mobile Battalion Heavy Anti Aircraft Artillery. The battery was not visible on the available historical aerial photographs.


Grid Reference:TR 1030 3020
Map Sheet:TR13SW
Parish:DYMCHURCH, SHEPWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • DIVER BATTERY (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Full description

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Site of Second World War heavy anti aircraft (Diver) battery at Dymchurch, deployed here on 2nd August 1944, and was armed with four mobile 90mm guns. This formed part of the Littlestone Section of American Anti Aircraft Mobile Battalion Heavy Anti Aircraft Artillery. (1)

The Second World War heavy anti aircraft (Diver) battery referred to above (Source 1) was not visible on the available historical aerial photographs viewed as part of the South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment NMP. (2)


<1> Dobinson, C., Operation Diver : England's Defence Against the Flying Bomb, June 1944-March 1945, pp 197 (Monograph). SWX23707.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Monograph: Dobinson, C.. Operation Diver : England's Defence Against the Flying Bomb, June 1944-March 1945. pp 197.