EAW000955 ENGLAND (1946). Radio masts at RAF Chicksands and environs, Chicksands, from the north-west, 1946

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Title [EAW000955] Radio masts at RAF Chicksands and environs, Chicksands, from the north-west, 1946
Reference EAW000955
Date 28-May-1946
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Place name CHICKSANDS
Parish CAMPTON AND CHICKSANDS
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 511685, 239859
Longitude / Latitude -0.37127835339488, 52.045439128631
National Grid Reference TL117399

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RAF Chicksands was one of the "Y Stations" during WW2 intercepting enemy radio messages and passing them on to Bletchley Park.

melgibbs
Thursday 26th of February 2015 06:25:09 PM
Chicksands Priory was a 12th century Gilbertine Priory & was sold to the War Office in 1938. For more details, see www.army.mod.uk/intelligence/32259.aspx and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Chicksands.

melgibbs
Monday 6th of October 2014 10:32:24 AM