B is for Bunker#

Sat May 25 20:09:41 2024

B is for Bunker, but sadly there are no photos as I was unable to actually find it. Rode out to Nazeing via some twisty turny up and downy NSL roads, which was fun at times and slightly scary (gravel) at one point, and also slower than necessary at other times due to cars travelling 35 in a 50. Though perhaps if it hadn't been a 50 I'd have spent more time looking for the bunker I was there to find.

Nazeing' was a World War II airfield decoy controlled by RAF North Weald some four miles to the east. The decoy was both a daytime K' site and a night-time Q' site. K' sites included grassed runways, defence positions and plywood aircraft amongst their simulations; Nazeing was equipped with dummy Hurricanes. `Q' site deceptions included runway lighting, obstruction/recognition lights and moving headlamps.

• https://beyondthepoint.co.uk/nazeing-bombing-decoy-bunkers/

• https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1020391?section=official-list-entry