Site of Second World War Dispersed Site No. 1 (WAAF), Bradwell Bay Airfield, Bacons Chase (EHER 21327)

Now destroyed. A Second World War dispersed site for Bradwell Bay Airfield (EHER 16047) and labelled 'No 1 W.A.A.F.' on an airfield plan from 1945. It comprised five buildings immediately West of The Holt (EHER 81623), which can all be seen on an aerial photograph from the same year. The Holt was requisitioned and used as the W.A.A.F. (Women's Auxiliary Air Force) officers quarters.

December 2008. World War Two Defences in Maldon survey: site visit and desktop research. An Air Ministry plan of Bradwell Bay Airfield and its Dispersed Sites, dated April 1945, shows 'Dispersed Site No 1 W.A.A.F.' with five buildings, immediately West of The Holt. The plan details these as four sergeants and airwomen’s quarters (Nissen) and one ablutions, latrines and drying room (temporary brick). All of them can be clearly seen on an aerial photograph taken in August 1945. The Holt was requisitioned and used as the W.A.A.F. (Women's Auxiliary Air Force) officers quarters (see EHER 81623). <1> <2> An aerial photograph taken in 2008 shows none of the buildings surviving and the area now to be a house and garden. <3> No comments from the site visit. <4>