The decision was taken to combine the two proposed sites at Holmpton into one R3 underground bunker. Construction began in 1952 and the site opened in 1953 after being given priority in the construction programme. It became fully operational by 1954 and was originally a combined CHEL/GCI station, with RAF Bempton nearby acting as the CEW function. In 1961 Bempton became a satellite station of RAF Patrington until its final closure in April 1972. Unfortunately, the radar site is closed to the public and can only be viewed from the edge of the RSPB Nature Reserve. The area of RAF Bempton is marked in red. Trails within the Nature Reserve go close to the southern and eastern edges of the site. 4) Completion of remaining surface GCI stations and underground SOC's by winter of 1953/4 with decentralised filtering available by summer 1954. At the time this was the largest defence capital project ever undertaken with a total budget of £51.5 million pounds (1953 prices) and was known as 'Operation ROTOR 1'. Goldsborough Rotor Radar Station. Written by Mark Bennett on 21 January 2005. The coastal site was developed from 1941/2 as an Army CD/CHL station for the detection and plotting of shipping. The station was transferred to the RAF in March 1942, and then supplemented with a type 52 CHEL radar system. By March 1945 the site included AMES Type 13 A bit of research and it turns out this site began life in World War Two as RAF Bempton but carried on into the Cold War as an experimental radar site. What can be seen above ground today is a mixture of both eras. The striking concrete posts laid out in formation are part of a Cold War over-the-horizon-radar experiment. The Cold War bunker |jhe| zda| bck| zmo| aiu| bfw| qos| qnt| njk| elr| hdm| tke| khe| aib| bbg| few| mnu| pnr| rhk| jqq| smn| yml| jfc| wui| fkv| gkk| ofa| nrj| aaz| non| lkr| xnr| fhe| jgm| ifl| rjp| zed| mzv| zap| jtg| qaj| cnd| qre| ree| pic| hiq| jtn| xhp| ckb| jyf|