Site of Second World War Dispersed Site No. 5, Debden Airfield, Thaxted Road (EHER 21526)

Now destroyed. Dispersed Site No. 5, the wireless transmitter station, lay to the east of Debden Airfield main site, east of Elder Street. Measuring perhaps 180 yards x 150 yards, a 1946 plan lists just four structures - a transformer kiosk, W/T station, W/T stand-by set house, and a VHF T-block

Dispersed Site No. 5, the wireless transmitter station, lay to the east of Debden Airfield main site, east of Elder Street. Measuring perhaps 180 yards x 150 yards, a 1946 plan lists just four structures - a transformer kiosk, W/T station, W/T stand-by set house, and a VHF T-block. <1> A May 1948 aerial photograph shows the site clearly. <2> 2013. Field survey. Visited in February, the site is now a garden centre. Nothing of any of the four structures above survives now but there is a Stanton Shelter at the extreme east end, in light thicket by the boundary. It is typically built of pre-formed concrete panels, vaulted, with an entrance down steps at the north end and an escape hatch at the south end. The structure is still in good condition. <3> Two photos of site. <4>