Monument record MCC4975 - Boxted WWII Airfield - Dispersed Site No. 7, Langham

Summary

Ancillary buildings associated with WWII airfield.

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 0168 2879 (177m by 237m)
Map sheet TM02NW
Civil Parish LANGHAM, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

1996: No. 7 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. 7 standing to the south of Flood Lane. It comprised 37 buildings and other structures. The site is now part of Colchester Business Park.<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. 1960. 17 - 046, 17 - 047, 17 - 048, 18 -017.
  • <4> AP: unknown. 1990. 20 - 5305, 20 - 5306.
  • <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 Unpublished document: Nash, Fred. 2007.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 Unpublished document: Nash, Fred. 2007.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 2:45PM

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