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Monument details

HER Number:1478161
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of a Second World War light anti aircraft (Diver) battery at Hythe Ranges

Summary

Site of a Second World War light anti aircraft (Diver) battery at Hythe Ranges. This was armed with six anti aircraft tanks and twin Oerlikon guns on 28th August 1944. The manning details are unknown. No features relating to the battery were visible at the given location on the available historic aerial photographs.

Grid Reference:TR 1420 3370
Map Sheet:TR13SW
Parish:HYTHE, SHEPWAY, KENT

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Site of a Second World War light anti aircraft (Diver) battery at Hythe Ranges. This was armed with six anti aircraft tanks and twin Oerlikon guns on 28th August 1944. The manning details are unknown. (1)

The Second World War light anti aircraft (Diver) battery referred to above (Soucre 1) was not visible at the given location on the available historic aerial photographs (taken in 1945 and 1946) 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 222 (Monograph). SWX23707.

<2> RCHME/EH Aerial Photographers Comment (Unspecified Type). SWX23661.

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 222.
<2>(No record type): RCHME/EH Aerial Photographers Comment.

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