History Challenge & Journal

[STEVE G]

It's WWII and the chimney is relevant to it's purpose.

[Siani]

Was it some sort of emergency ww11 air shelter crematorium

[STEVE G]

No, not a crematorium, it had a more defensive purpose.

[lindosfan1]

Is it a gun enplacement, and ammunition store, the brick wall is to prevent back blast. See a similar building in Rhodes in Greece, in the war it was defending an airfield.




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[STEVE G]

No, it did have a role in air defence but a bit more unusual than a gun emplacement.

[dtaai-maai]

Providing a smokescreen...?

[STEVE G]

Not a smokescreen either but you're heading in the right direction.

[dtaai-maai]

Was it a decoy to deceive enemy aircraft into thinking it was an industrial building?

[STEVE G]

Spot on DM, it is what was the control centre for a night time bombing decoy known as a QL site, this one at Moresby Moss. It contained a generator and switch gear to power arrays of lighting around the surrounding countryside that simulated nearby industrial works to attempt to lure bombers away from the real target, which in this case was a steel works. (Steel works were hard to completely blackout.)
Apparently farmers in the area were thoughtfully provided with free air raid shelters!

[Frank Hovis]

Here's a few pictures.
What are they?
Where are they? (there's some clues in the photos)
What connection do they have to the UK?

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[Siani]

They all look like jails to me? The parking signs and bins look British in the first one. Cannot make out the flag...working on it

[richard]

Colonial embassies

[Frank Hovis]

Siani - yes Prisons, but none are in the UK (one is close though)

[richard]

IOW andJersey

[Frank Hovis]

The first one is further away than IOW but about the same distance, maybe slightly closer, as Jersey (from the closest point respectively in the UK)