Monument record ADB 200 - World War II 'Diver' HAA battery

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Summary

The site of a heavy anti-aircraft (diver) battery is visible as a series of structures on aerial photographs on land to the south of The Fens, Aldeburgh.

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Grid reference	Centred TM 4594 5917 (330m by 246m)
Map sheet	TM45NE
Civil Parish	ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK

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Site of a Second World War heavy anti aircraft (Diver) battery in the Diver Strip south of The Fens, Aldeburgh. It was armed with four 3.7-inch Mark IIc guns equipped with Predictor BTL, and Radar AA No.3 Mark V when it was deployed here on 10th October 1944, and was manned by 438 Battery of 138 Anti Aircraft Artillery Regiment. It formed part of 5 Heavy Anti Aircraft Brigade deployment.

March 2015. Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme.
The site of a heavy anti-aircraft (diver) battery is visible as a series of structures on aerial photographs (S2)-(S4) on land to the south of The Fens, Aldeburgh.
E. Ford (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 5th March 2015.

Sources/Archives (4)

<S1> SSF53735 Index: English Heritage. Pastscape. http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1412138.
<S2> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. US/7PH/GP/LOC132 V 5049-5050 30-DEC-1943 (EHA Laser Copy).
<S3> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF/106G/UK/929 RP 3255-3256 16-OCT-1945 (EHA Original Print).
<S4> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF/106G/UK/1589 FP1209-1210 21-JUN-1946 (EHA Original Print).

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Record last edited

Jul 30 2015 1:08PM