WW2 Drem Q and K Stations :: Shared Description

Airfield decoy sites represented dummy airfields with the aim to draw enemy bombers away from the true target. Sites operating at night were referred to as "Q" sites and those operating at daytime were "K" sites. At the Fulmodeston site, for instance, dummy Blenheim bombers and flare paths were used to trick enemy planes and to provide protection for the real airfield at nearby RAF West Raynham. The largest room of the shelter was used as a rest room for the crew > LinkExternal link. A small passage > LinkExternal link separates it from the generator room at the back > LinkExternal link.

The first Drem Q stations were opened in the late summer of 1941. They were much larger than the old T-type stations, with a long flarepath and a V-shaped approach funnel. The main flarepath lights were Glim lamps, ie the standard type of RAF runway lighting, mounted on poles above the crops. Obstruction and other hazard warning lights were also included, as was a motor headlamp designed to catch the eye of hostile pilots. As a concession to the operator in the Drem Q this was mounted on a platform on top of a newly designed shelter adapted for surface construction and protected by heavy banking with earth > LinkExternal link.

Drem Q stations were operated by two men, one working the lamp whilst the other was keeping watch. (Source: Colin Dobinson, "Fields of Deception: Britain's Bombing Decoys in World War II")
by Evelyn Simak
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TG0842 : WW2 Drem Q Station by Evelyn Simak
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TF7336 : Decoy airfield generator room by Evelyn Simak
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TF8304 : WW2 Q/K control bunker by Evelyn Simak
TF8304 : WW2 Q/K control bunker by Evelyn Simak
TF7336 : Decoy airfield control room by Evelyn Simak
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TF9443 : WW2 Drem Q Station by Evelyn Simak
TF7336 : Building on the former RAF Sedgeford site by Evelyn Simak
TF8304 : WW2 Q/K control bunker by Evelyn Simak
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TF8304 : WW2 Q/K control bunker by Adrian S Pye
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Created: Sat, 19 Apr 2014, Updated: Fri, 19 Oct 2018

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