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Second World War requisitioned building, The Holt, Bradwell Bay Airfield, Bacons Chase (EHER 81623)

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Summary

The Holt was requisitioned during the Second World War and used as the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) officer's quarters.

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Location

Grid reference TM 0083 0661 (point)
Civil Parish BRADWELL-ON-SEA, MALDON, ESSEX

Type and Period

Description

December 2008. World War Two Defences in Maldon survey: site visit and desktop assessment. A requisitioned property for use by the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) as officer's quarters during the Second World War. It is noted on an Air Ministry plan of Bradwell Bay Airfield and its Dispersed Sites, dated April 1945, which lists the requisitioned properties around the local area. <1> <2> <3> No comments from the site visit. <3>

Sources

  • <1> Map: Air Ministry. 1945. Bradwell-on-Sea, Record Site Plan of Airfield and Dispersed Sites. 4:1945.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. 106G-UK 717-4152.
  • <3> Report: Nash, F.. 2010. Survey of World War Two Defences in the District of Maldon: Volume Two.

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