WWII Staffordshire: RAF Hixon - Searchlight Shed (3)
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WWII Staffordshire: RAF Hixon - Searchlight Shed (3)
Image: © Mike Searle Taken: 14 Sep 2020
A history of RAF Hixon has it on record that this is a building that housed a searchlight. Presumably this was a substitute for a tractor towed floodlight trolley for airfields such as Hixon that had no permanent runway lighting system in place. The searchlight apparently ran on rails, as there are a set of rails outside leading into the shed. Image
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Image Location
Latitude
52.836286
Longitude
-2.005599