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10 Jul 2020 19:52 - 10 Jul 2020 22:51 #1 by redmist
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Can any of you chaps throw any light on this object/structure please? I am thinking it is something on the lines of some kind of radar, or covered aerial - but I accept I could be well off the mark. The photo dates from 1948. It obviously was , while in use, guarded as evidenced by the barbed wire fence. Dawlish Warren.

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10 Jul 2020 20:21 #2 by mbriscoe
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I think there is something similar visible in Scarborough Castle. I presumed it was some sort of DF building because it looked very like that standard "windmill" type.

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10 Jul 2020 22:52 #3 by netcompsys
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The original image in post one is part of one of a series from Britain from Above

Isn't the building one of those Nissen Steel tents ?
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11 Jul 2020 07:51 #4 by redmist
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I included the corner with the Nissen hut in it to give some idea of the scale, being as Nissen huts are a reasonably standard item. Nissen steel tents are something new to me, any links?

Thanks for the input so far, gents.

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11 Jul 2020 08:03 #5 by redmist
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It is ok gents, I have now found information that it pre-dates anything 2ndWW. Sorry to have taken anyones time.

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11 Jul 2020 08:26 #6 by Peter Kirk
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From my research into the air to ground firing range on the Warren I too found it was a pre-existing building, I think it was marked as "tower" on some charts, but was never able to positively identify the location of the markers shelter, which may have been a Nissen hut at that stage in the war. I think a target circle was still visible - just- in 1948.
No Amount Of Evidence Will Ever Persuade An Idiot (probably not Mark Twain)

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11 Jul 2020 09:32 #7 by netcompsys
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Th forums topic is here
www.airfieldresearchgroup.org.uk/forum/a...ircrew-quarters#3502
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11 Jul 2020 12:40 #8 by PETERTHEEATER
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Quetta Hut?

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11 Jul 2020 13:37 #9 by netcompsys
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The building does not appear on the PSG's Extended Defence of Britain overlay for Google Earth
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11 Jul 2020 13:41 #10 by redmist
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In fairness to that esteemed groups efforts quite a few buildings are still missing, I say that as an observation not a criticism.

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