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HER Number:MDV78512
Name:Anti-Aircraft Battery D5A, Hoopern Farm

Summary

Ainti-Aircraft battery at Hoopern Farm during 1942.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 922 944
Map Sheet:SX99SW
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishExeter
DistrictExeter
Ecclesiastical ParishST.DAVIDS

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY (World War II - 1942 AD to 1942 AD (Between))

Full description

Francis, P., 1999, Exeter Airport. Historic Airport Survey for Devon County Council & East Devon District Council, 139 (Report - non-specific). SDV323390.

Site D5A Hoopern Farm, Heavy Anit-Aircraft 421 Battery, 108th Heavy anti-Aircraft Regiment (375Battery potting teams and Gun Laying Mat personnel) and 421 Battery. (Possibly unarmed). 1942.


Historic Environment Record, 2010, Untitled Source (Personal Comment). SDV345429.

Francis gives Grid Reference SX91909386, at Streatham Farm.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV323390Report - non-specific: Francis, P.. 1999. Exeter Airport. Historic Airport Survey for Devon County Council & East Devon District Council. Airfield Research Publishing Report. Digital + A4. 139.
SDV345429Personal Comment: Historic Environment Record. 2010.

Associated Monuments

MDV48842Related to: Exeter Airfield (Military) (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV4774 - Historic Airport Survey, Exeter Airport

Date Last Edited:Oct 14 2010 8:38AM