NHER 27700 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two bomb craters

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Summary

Two World War Two bomb craters are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs. They are first visible on aerial photographs taken in March 1944. The intended target was probably the gas works (NHER 32731) 50m to the southeast. More recent aerial photographs indicate that they have been levelled since the end of the war.

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Location

Map sheet	TG50NW
Civil Parish	GREAT YARMOUTH, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

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September 2005. Norfolk NMP.
Two World War Two bomb craters are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs (S1) and (S2), centred at TG 5259 0618. Their similar size and appearance suggests that they were probably created during a single raid. The intended target is likely to have been the gas works 50m to the southeast (NHER 32731), one of the Luftwaffe’s principal targets within Great Yarmouth (S3). More recent aerial photographs indicate that they have been levelled since the end of the war.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 30 September 2005.

Associated Sources (3)

<S1> SNF56131 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF HLA/686 3206-7 02-MAR-1944 (NMR).
<S2> SNF57986 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/726 5281-2 26-AUG-1945 (NMR).
<S3> SNF56436 Publication: Tooke, C. and Scarles, D.. 1989. Great Yarmouth at War. p 6.