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Newborough Warren Q Site

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NPRN407781
Map ReferenceSH46SW
Grid ReferenceSH4250063000
Unitary (Local) AuthorityIsle of Anglesey
Old CountyAnglesey
CommunityRhosyr
Type Of SiteAIRFIELD
PeriodModern
Description
This decoy airfield for RAF Valley or Q site was sited in sand dunes. It became operational in 1941 with standard Drem lights being used to mark out the dummy runway at night. The decoy was maintained by a corporal and three airmen from an enlarged Anderson shelter. The decoy remained in use until 1943. The Anderson shelter was left extant but is now covered by the sand dunes.

Sources include:
Defence of Britain Project
Phillips, Alan, 2006, Military Airfields Wales, pg 256-7
Sloan, Roy, 1991, Wings of War over Gwynedd, pg20-61
Smith, David J 1982 Action Stations 3: Military Airfields of Wales and the North West, pg 196-200

RCAHMW, May 2008.