RADAR Spinney Birch Airfield
Introduction
The photograph on this page of RADAR Spinney Birch Airfield by Glyn Baker as part of the Geograph project.
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RADAR Spinney Birch Airfield
Image: © Glyn Baker Taken: 9 Oct 2005
The picture was taken looking east from Blind Lane (see Image), which was one of the secondary runways of Birch Airfield south west of Colchester. From the name the stand of trees is clearly on the site of the airfield’s RADAR installation. Birch Airfield was built so late in the war it never became fully operational as a fighter or bomber station however it was attacked twice by the Luftwaffe. The history of Birch Airfield can be found at http://www.bretonheath.me.uk/history/airfield.htm The picture clearly shows the modern road surface on top of the concrete runway.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.847337
Longitude
0.787526