Monument record SUT 213 - Second World War training or temporary airfield

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Summary

A temporary or training airfield was visible on aerial photographs to the south of Woodbridge airfield (SHER SUT 197). It is visible as a cleared strip of vegetation and is similar in character to that recorded at Kelling Heath in Norfolk (NHER 23129), which was part of a D-Day preparation exercise undertaken by the United States Airforce, and it is possible that this airfield was constructed as part of the Woodbridge training area (SHER SUT 250).

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Grid reference Centred TM 32628 47337 (1236m by 569m)
Map sheet TM34NW
Civil Parish SUTTON, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK

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Dummy airfield to the south of Woodbridge airfield SUT 197.

September 2015. Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme.
A temporary or training airfield was visible on aerial photographs (S1)-(S6) to the south of Woodbridge airfield (SHER SUT 197). It is visible as a cleared strip of vegetation and is similar in character to that recorded at Kelling Heath in Norfolk (NHER 23129), which was part of a D-Day preparation exercise undertaken by the United States Airforce, and it is possible that this airfield was constructed as part of the Woodbridge training area (SHER SUT 250), and that it was not a true ‘dummy’ airfield as suggested above. It was not visible on photographs from 1943 (S7), and was clearly created after this date. Anti-glider ditches are visible cutting across the site (SHER SUT 214) and some possible earlier cropmarks of ditches (SHER SUT 239) and trackways (SHER SUT 240) are also visible.
E. Ford (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 16th September 2015.

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  • --- Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. US/7PH/GP/LOC132 V 5007-5008 30-DEC-1943 (EHA Laser Copy).
  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF/106G/UK/759 FS 2072-2073 02-SEP-1945 (EHA Original Print).
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF/58/76 V 5141-5142 27-JUL-1948 (EHA Original Print).
  • <S3> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF/58/113 V 5165-5166 30-AUG-1948 (EHA Original Print).
  • <S4> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF/543/1883 F22 0193-0194 27-SEP-1962 (EHA Original Print).
  • <S5> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. MAL/65094 V 132-133 03-NOV-1965 (EHA Original Print).
  • <S6> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service Airmap 71 33 3371074-3371075 11-APR-1971 (Print).

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Dec 3 2015 2:05PM

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