RAF Harrowbeer: a tour of a WW2 airfield - pundit code & signals square (10)
Introduction
The photograph on this page of RAF Harrowbeer: a tour of a WW2 airfield - pundit code & signals square (10) by Mike Searle as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Mike Searle Taken: 5 May 2019
This area immediately in front of the now non-existent control tower was reserved for the airfield's identification letters "Q B". This was a two letter identity unique to this particular airfield, and was designed to be seen from the air during daytime. A mobile red light beacon flashing the letters in Morse code was also used for night time. In front of the letters is the Signals Square, a hard standing containing symbols to indicate visually to pilots the condition of the aerodrome, the runway in use, and the circuit direction. Where the old airfield's main runways were can be seen as differently shaded areas of grassland in this Google Earth view: https://media.geograph.org.uk/files/7eabe3a1649ffa2b3ff8c02ebfd5659f/RAF_Harrowbeer-original.jpg Image