MISSION OBJECTIVE:
PERMISSION VISIT
TARGET:
RAF NEATISHEAD, BUNKER & RADAR
TARGET DETAILS:
RRH NEATISHEAD IS A ROYAL AIR FORCE REMOTE RADAR HEAD IN THE ENGLISH COUNTY OF NORFOLK, EAST ANGLIA ESTABLISHED DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. IT CONSISTS OF THE MAIN TECHNICAL SITE, AND A NUMBER OF REMOTE, AND SOMETIMES UNMANNED SITES.
THE STATION MOTTO IS CAELUM TUEMUR, MEANING "WE WATCH OVER THE SKY".
THE PRIMARY FUNCTION OF NEATISHEAD WAS AS A "CONTROL AND REPORTING CENTRE" (CRC) FOR THE SOUTH OF THE UNITED KINGDOM; IT FORMS A PART OF THE UK'S AIR DEFENCES - NAMELY THE UK "AIR SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL SYSTEM" (ASACS), AND IS PART OF THE LARGER NATO AIR DEFENCE. IT USES RADAR, GROUND-TO-AIR RADIO AND DIGITALLY ENCRYPTED DATA LINKS.
EQUIPMENT PREVIOUSLY LOCATED IN THE BASE INCLUDED: TYPE 7 RADAR, FPS 6 HEIGHT FINDING RADAR, TYPE 80 "GREEN GARLIC" RADAR, TYPE 84 RADAR, TYPE 85 "BLUE YEOMAN" RADAR AND A R15 RADAR.
ON 16 FEBRUARY 1966 A FIRE BROKE OUT IN THE BUNKER, STATION FIRE TEAMS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL IN PUTTING THE FIRE OUT AND SO CIVILIAN FIRE CREWS WERE CALLED. 3 CIVILIAN FIREFIGHTERS LOST THEIR LIVES. LATER THAT YEAR LAC CHEESEMAN WAS SENTENCED TO 7 YEARS FOR STARTING THE FIRE AND CAUSING THE DEATHS.
IN APRIL 2004 THE DECISION WAS TAKEN TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE ACTIVITIES AT NEATISHEAD, AND BY 2006, THE BASE HAD BEEN DOWNGRADED TO REMOTE RADAR HEAD (RRH) STATUS.
OBJECTIVES:
RADAR (T84)
BUNKER
MISSION DETAILS:
WE BOOKED THE PERMISSION VISIT, AIMING TO CRACK ALL OF THE MILITARY SITES IN THE SOUTH EAST (THERES NOT MUCH ELSE), THIS WAS A FAVOURITE - PROBABLY THE BEST EXAMPLE OF A COLD WAR BUNKER IN THIS COUNTRY, GAVE IT AN 8, AS THERE ISN'T MUCH DECAY. IN USE TILL AFTER 911, THERE HAVE BEEN NON PERMISSION REPORTS AND AMUSINGLY WE WERE SHOWN THE ACCESS POINT AFTER A REPORT HAD BEEN PUBLISHED ONLINE - DOH, MAYBE KEEP IT A SECRET NEXT TIME ;-)! ITS EASY TO BOOK VISITS AND THE MUSEAM NEARBY HAS SOME VINTAGE PANELS IN WORKING CONDITION, NO SHOTS OF THOSE ALTHOUGH WE DID GET A SNEAKY TOUR BEFORE IT OPENED. WE WERE ALLOWED UP THE T84 RADAR AND GOT SOME NICE FOOTAGE OF THAT TOO WHICH WAS A NICE BONUS. AN AWESOME EXPLORE, EVEN IF IT WAS PERMISSION...
STATE OF DECAY: 8
DOCUMENTATION:
T84 RADAR:
BUNKER, TOP LEVELS
BUNKER - BLAST LEVEL
UNTIL NEXT TIME...
PERMISSION VISIT
TARGET:
RAF NEATISHEAD, BUNKER & RADAR
TARGET DETAILS:
RRH NEATISHEAD IS A ROYAL AIR FORCE REMOTE RADAR HEAD IN THE ENGLISH COUNTY OF NORFOLK, EAST ANGLIA ESTABLISHED DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. IT CONSISTS OF THE MAIN TECHNICAL SITE, AND A NUMBER OF REMOTE, AND SOMETIMES UNMANNED SITES.
THE STATION MOTTO IS CAELUM TUEMUR, MEANING "WE WATCH OVER THE SKY".
THE PRIMARY FUNCTION OF NEATISHEAD WAS AS A "CONTROL AND REPORTING CENTRE" (CRC) FOR THE SOUTH OF THE UNITED KINGDOM; IT FORMS A PART OF THE UK'S AIR DEFENCES - NAMELY THE UK "AIR SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL SYSTEM" (ASACS), AND IS PART OF THE LARGER NATO AIR DEFENCE. IT USES RADAR, GROUND-TO-AIR RADIO AND DIGITALLY ENCRYPTED DATA LINKS.
EQUIPMENT PREVIOUSLY LOCATED IN THE BASE INCLUDED: TYPE 7 RADAR, FPS 6 HEIGHT FINDING RADAR, TYPE 80 "GREEN GARLIC" RADAR, TYPE 84 RADAR, TYPE 85 "BLUE YEOMAN" RADAR AND A R15 RADAR.
ON 16 FEBRUARY 1966 A FIRE BROKE OUT IN THE BUNKER, STATION FIRE TEAMS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL IN PUTTING THE FIRE OUT AND SO CIVILIAN FIRE CREWS WERE CALLED. 3 CIVILIAN FIREFIGHTERS LOST THEIR LIVES. LATER THAT YEAR LAC CHEESEMAN WAS SENTENCED TO 7 YEARS FOR STARTING THE FIRE AND CAUSING THE DEATHS.
IN APRIL 2004 THE DECISION WAS TAKEN TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE ACTIVITIES AT NEATISHEAD, AND BY 2006, THE BASE HAD BEEN DOWNGRADED TO REMOTE RADAR HEAD (RRH) STATUS.
OBJECTIVES:
RADAR (T84)
BUNKER
MISSION DETAILS:
WE BOOKED THE PERMISSION VISIT, AIMING TO CRACK ALL OF THE MILITARY SITES IN THE SOUTH EAST (THERES NOT MUCH ELSE), THIS WAS A FAVOURITE - PROBABLY THE BEST EXAMPLE OF A COLD WAR BUNKER IN THIS COUNTRY, GAVE IT AN 8, AS THERE ISN'T MUCH DECAY. IN USE TILL AFTER 911, THERE HAVE BEEN NON PERMISSION REPORTS AND AMUSINGLY WE WERE SHOWN THE ACCESS POINT AFTER A REPORT HAD BEEN PUBLISHED ONLINE - DOH, MAYBE KEEP IT A SECRET NEXT TIME ;-)! ITS EASY TO BOOK VISITS AND THE MUSEAM NEARBY HAS SOME VINTAGE PANELS IN WORKING CONDITION, NO SHOTS OF THOSE ALTHOUGH WE DID GET A SNEAKY TOUR BEFORE IT OPENED. WE WERE ALLOWED UP THE T84 RADAR AND GOT SOME NICE FOOTAGE OF THAT TOO WHICH WAS A NICE BONUS. AN AWESOME EXPLORE, EVEN IF IT WAS PERMISSION...
STATE OF DECAY: 8
DOCUMENTATION:
T84 RADAR:
BUNKER, TOP LEVELS
BUNKER - BLAST LEVEL
UNTIL NEXT TIME...