Monument record MCC4976 - Boxted WWII Airfield – Dispersed Site No. 8, Langham

Summary

Site of ancillary building associated with the WWII airfield.

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 0128 2907 (321m by 272m)
Map sheet TM02NW
Civil Parish LANGHAM, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

1996: No.8 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. 8 standing in fields north of Flood Lane, south of Salary Brook. It comprised 46 buildings and other structures. The site is now a rough meadow between Flood Lane and the A12 road.<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 Unpublished document: Nash, Fred. 2007.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 Unpublished document: Nash, Fred. 2007.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 2:45PM

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