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Monument details
| HER Number: | 1478080 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of a Second World War light anti aircraft (Diver) battery south of Church Wood |
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Summary
Site of a Second World War light anti aircraft (Diver) battery south of Church Wood. This was armed with eight 20mm Polsten guns, and was manned by H2/2810 RAF Regiment when it was deployed here on 2nd August 1944. Five possible gun emplacements are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs, and have been mapped as part of the South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey NMP (Component 2).
| Grid Reference: | TR 2780 3870 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR23NE |
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| Parish: | HOUGHAM WITHOUT, DOVER, KENT |
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Full description
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Site of a Second World War light anti aircraft (Diver) battery south of Church Wood. This was armed with eight 20mm Polsten guns, and was manned by H2/2810 RAF Regiment when it was deployed here on 2nd August 1944. It formed part of the 71 Light Anti Aircraft Artillery Brigade deployment (1).
A group of Second World War possible gun emplacements are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The site is centred on TR 27778 38714 and comprise five sub circular cropmarks in a ENE-WSW oriented line. These may be the gun emplacements of the Diver battery. This site has been mapped from aerial photographs as part of the South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey NMP (Component 2) (2).
<1> Dobinson, C., Operation Diver : England's Defence Against the Flying Bomb, June 1944-March 1945, pp 217, 222 (Monograph). SWX23707.
<2> RAF, 1946, NMR RAF/106G/UK/1093 4006-4007 03-JAN-1946 (Photograph). SWX23798.
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 217, 222. |
| <2> | Photograph: RAF. 1946. NMR RAF/106G/UK/1093 4006-4007 03-JAN-1946. |
