St Joseph's Close, Charley
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St Joseph's Close, Charley
Image: © Terry Sheppard Taken: 31 Oct 2009
A special field between the Oaks and Abbey Roads that was a top secret RAF outstation in World War II. The brick structure sheltered a transmitter caravan radiating signals to interfere with Luftwaffe target beams. Other transmitters were in temporary wooden huts.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.742247
Longitude
-1.313106