The Shooting-in butt

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The photograph on this page of The Shooting-in butt by Evelyn Simak as part of the Geograph project.

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The Shooting-in butt

Image: © Evelyn Simak Taken: 16 Feb 2016

The overgrown mound in the crop field was the firing butt of RAF Wendling when it was an active airfield during WW2. It served as a target for adjusting aircraft gunners' gun sights.

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Image Location

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Latitude
52.704477
Longitude
0.848939