2020

ST4813 : East Chinnock Airfield

taken 4 years ago, near to East Chinnock, Somerset, England

East Chinnock Airfield
East Chinnock Airfield
Now given over to agriculture, the airfield was used in WW2 until 1943 as a bombing decoy (Q208A) for RAF Yeovil Airfield, Westlands Aircraft and Yeovil Town itself. Despite the decoy Yeovil did suffer bombing.

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Geographical Context: Defence, Military Primary Subject: Airfield
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · East Chinnock [2] ·
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ST4813, 11 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Sarah Smith   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 8 August, 2020   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 8 August, 2020
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! ST 4848 1315 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:54.9301N 2:44.0547W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! ST 4824 1313
View Direction
EAST (about 90 degrees)
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