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HER Number:MDV78492
Name:Searchlight Battery 'Sugar 1', Churchill Farm

Summary

Searchlight battery at Churchill Farm during 1941.

Location

Grid Reference:SY 025 975
Map Sheet:SY09NW
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishBroad Clyst
DistrictEast Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishBROADCLYST

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • SEARCHLIGHT BATTERY (World War II - 1941 AD to 1941 AD (Between))

Full description

Francis, P., 1999, Exeter Airport. Historic Airport Survey for Devon County Council & East Devon District Council, 138 (Report - non-specific). SDV323390.

Searchlight battery 'Sugar 1' at Churchill Farm/Trow Farm. One searchlight spacing of 539 Battery, 88th Searchlight Regiment, August 1941.

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. 138.

Associated Monuments

MDV48842Related to: Exeter Airfield (Military) (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV4774 - Historic Airport Survey, Exeter Airport

Date Last Edited:Oct 8 2010 1:19PM