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Monument details
| HER Number: | 1478129 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | LIGHT ANTI AIRCRAFT (DIVER) BATTERY DUNGENESS 5 |
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Summary
Site of a Second World War light anti aircraft (Diver) battery near the Old No.1 Battery, Dungeness. The site was already operating as a light anti aircraft battery when, from July 17th 1944, it was used in the Diver role. It is not known what armament was used, nor the manning details.
This area was surveyed as part of the South East RCZAS NMP project. No anti-aircraft battery was visible on aerial photographs of 1943 or 1946 in the vicinity of the 1798 Old No.1 Battery at Dungeness. It is possible this record is duplicated by UID 1478127.
| Grid Reference: | TR 0840 1840 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR01NE |
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| Parish: | LYDD, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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This area was surveyed as part of the South East RCZAS NMP project. No anti-aircraft battery was visible on aerial photographs of 1943 or 1946 in the vicinity of the 1798 Old No.1 Battery at Dungeness. It is possible this record is duplicated by UID 1478127 (2).
<1> Dobinson, C., Operation Diver : England's Defence Against the Flying Bomb, June 1944-March 1945, pp 220 (Monograph). SWX23707.
<2> RCHME/EH Aerial Photographers Comment (Unspecified Type). SWX23673.
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 220. |
| <2> | (No record type): RCHME/EH Aerial Photographers Comment. |
Related records
| 1478126 | Parent of: LIGHT ANTI AIRCRAFT (DIVER) BATTERY DUNGENESS 6 (Monument) |
| 1478127 | Part of: LIGHT ANTI AIRCRAFT (DIVER) BATTERY DUNGENESS 6 (Monument) |
