Excellent Carnaby. There is a similar range on Dartmoor, not far from Okehampton Camp which has been restored and working. The scale is a lot bigger than the RAF range as the target trolley is a lot larger, being a Wickhams trolley built in Ware. It is powered by a Jap V-twin two-stroke engine with a replica tank mounted above it. The target trolly is sheilded by an earth bank so that at a distance one can just see the tank moving above the earth bank which presents a very tempting target. The range was abandoned a long time ago but the CO restored the range and trolley as a project and I understand it is now in use.
You can tell a builder from an archaeologist by the size of his trowel. Mine is a small one!
View from Turret site towards Wall W3 (C), and Wall W2 (
Switchgear lurking in undergrowth adjacent to the Turret site.
On Record Site Plan 4404/45 the range is depicted as W21/42. There does not appear to be a building on the Turret site.
Also the significant concrete construction just to the right of the 'C' line is not shown.
Graham
Plan A is always more effective when the problem you are working on understands that Plan B will involve the use of dynamite
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Last edit: 11 Jan 2018 11:04 by carnaby. Reason: De-photobucketed
The first photo was supposedly taken at Tain. I used to have a wartime book that had the same photo. One of the many things that got boot-faired when interest rates were touching 15% and we were struggling to pay the mortgage. Ah the good old days!
I have also found mention of one at Theddlethorpe on this site
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