Site of Second World War Pillbox, Clacton Airfield (EHER 10778)
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Summary
Site of Second World War Pillbox, now destroyed. It was a type FW3/22 pillbox.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | TM 1602 1403 (point) |
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Type and Period
Description
Aerial photograph, 1948 and analysed in 1996 as part of the defence of Essex survey.
An aerial photograph taken in 1948 shows a type FW3/22 pillbox standing at a junction of hedges at the north end of what appears to be a possible filled-in anti-tank ditch. <1> <2>
Aerial photograph, 1953
An aerial photograph taken in 1953 shows all the hedges to have been cleared by that date and no sign of the pillbox.
The area is now an airfield (the airfield opened in 1958). <3>
A photograph was taken of the area in 1986 <4>
Defence of Clacton survey. <5>
Sources
- <1> SEX61605 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1948. 58-65-5028.
- <2> SEX31431 Bibliographic reference: Wills, H.. 1985. Pillboxes: A Study of U.K. Defences 1940. P28.
- <3> SEX61606 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1953. 82 - 714 - 0204.
- <4> SEX61607 Aerial Photograph: Tyler, S.. 1986. Two Photographs of Pillbox 10778 area.
- <5> SEX70635 DESC TEXT: Clacton VCH Group. 2008. Survey of World War Defences of Clacton.