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Monument details
| HER Number: | 1477256 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of Second World War heavy anti aircraft (Diver) battery at The Warren |
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Summary
Site of Second World War heavy anti aircraft (Diver) battery at The Warren, deployed here on 30th July 1944. It was armed with four mobile 90mm guns, and was manned by 125 Battalion of the USAAF. This formed part of the Littlestone Section of American Anti Aircraft Mobile Battalion Heavy Anti Aircraft Artillery. This area was surveyed as part of the South East RCZAS NMP project. The Diver battery was not visible on historic aerial photographs.
| Grid Reference: | TR 0810 2610 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR02NE |
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| Parish: | NEW ROMNEY, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- DIVER BATTERY (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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This area was surveyed as part of the South East RCZAS NMP project. The Diver battery was not visible on historic aerial photographs. However, these anti-aircraft defences often consisted of relatively temporary structures wheeled into place on trailers; which may explain why no trace of the battery was visible on the aerial photographs (2).
<1> Dobinson, C., Operation Diver : England's Defence Against the Flying Bomb, June 1944-March 1945, pp 197 (Monograph). SWX23707.
<2> RCHME/EH Aerial Photographers Comment (Unspecified Type). SWX23677.
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. |
| <2> | (No record type): RCHME/EH Aerial Photographers Comment. |
