Monument record MDO31846 - Second World War airfield ancillary site, RAF Warmwell, Crossways

A probable ancillary site associated with the Second World War airfield of RAF Warmwell is visible as a structure on aerial photographs of the 1940s.

A probable ancillary site associated with the Second World War airfield of RAF Warmwell (see MDO31842) is visible as a structure on aerial photographs of the 1940s. The site consists of a group of three buildings with a path leading to them from the south east. The buildings are of uncertain function but are located immediately to the south of RAF Warmwell and are probably associated with it. (1-6) The site is not visible on the most recent comprehensive aerial photography available to the project. (7) This feature was digitally plotted as part of the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

<1> United States Army Air Forces, 04-JAN-1944, US/7PH/GP/LOC138 5005-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDO10852.

<2> United States Army Air Forces, 04-JAN-1944, US/7PH/GP/LOC138 5007-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13364.

<3> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2018 4018-19 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13768.

<4> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2018 4020-21 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13772.

<5> Royal Air Force, 11-MAR-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2491 3002-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13769.

<6> Royal Air Force, 11-MAR-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2491 3003-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13775.

<7> XX-XXX-2009, Google Earth (Aerial Photograph). SDO12705.

Record last edited

Jul 15 2020 4:22PM