Wooden Structure at RAF Witchford ? What is it ?

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By: WB556 - 1st August 2014 at 11:02

No gents that is the standard MK.1 distraction tower placed there to confuse people after they finished entombing all of the pristine spitfires in a vault below.

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By: Trolly Aux - 1st August 2014 at 10:24

Well its four telegraph poles so a substantial erection, maybe it was to support a tank, or a veiwing platform

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By: bradleygolding - 1st August 2014 at 10:07

Which war had you in mind?

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By: j_jza80 - 1st August 2014 at 09:10

They look like Mosquito main spars to me…

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By: Moggy C - 1st August 2014 at 09:04

More likely for culling deer rather than birds.

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By: RPSmith - 1st August 2014 at 08:58

Could be a hide (without it’s covering) for watching (or shooting) birds?

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By: WebPilot - 1st August 2014 at 08:45

What you’ve got there is four old telegraph poles. Some sort of advertising hoarding maybe. Not wartime.

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By: Deskpilot - 1st August 2014 at 03:08

Looks like a temporary photography stand but I can’t find any references to air shows at Witchford.

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By: AlanR - 31st July 2014 at 21:56

I don’t think that timber looks 70yrs old.