Monument record MCC4974 - Boxted WWII Airfield - Dispersed Site No. 6, Langham

Summary

Dispersed Site associated with airfield.

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 0206 2908 (225m by 191m)
Map sheet TM02NW
Civil Parish LANGHAM, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

1996: No. 6 Dispersed site associated with WWII airfield; no longer extant.<1><2> Aerial photographs <3><4>.

2006: An Air Ministry plan of Boxted Airfield and its Dispersed Sites, dated November 1944, shows Dispersed Site No. 6 standing alongside, to the west of, the old A12 Ipswich Road. It comprised 35 buildings and other structures. The site is now a hotel alongside the A12/A1232 interchange.<5>

See also <6> & <7>.

Sources/Archives (7)

  • <1> DESC TEXT: Bowyer, Michael J. 1979. Action Stations: Military Airfields of East Anglia Vol.1.
  • <2> DESC TEXT: Thorpe, Simon. 1996. Military Airfields in Essex during WWII.
  • <3> AP: unknown. 1974. TM11-069.
  • <4> AP: unknown. 1990. 30-4712 30-4713 32-4604. Sept 1990.
  • <5> Map: Air Ministry. 1944. Boxted Airfield Record Site Plan.
  • <6> Unpublished document: Nash, Fred. 2007. SURVEY OF WORLD WAR TWO DEFENCES IN THE BOROUGH OF COLCHESTER. VOLUME 1. Volume 1.
  • <7> Unpublished document: Nash, Fred. 2007. SURVEY OF WORLD WAR TWO DEFENCES IN THE BOROUGH OF COLCHESTER. VOLUME 2. Volume 2.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

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Record last edited

Jun 16 2020 2:44PM

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