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I’ve tried to find information on the Wallasey Battery on the net to no avail. Any idea when this battery was installed ?

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Unfortunately I can not be specific as I am unable to find any details, all I am going on is the following quote :-

I was out in the square. There was a very loud roaring of aircraft engines. I looked up and saw a twin-engine German bomber flying very low with a thick plume of black oily smoke pouring from one of its engines. It was closely followed by a Spitfire in hot pursuit with its machine guns and canons stuttering away at the hapless bomber. There was a loud cheer from the crowds who had stopped to witness this dramatic event, and then both planes disappeared over the rooftops and into the distance. I stood there for a few moments waiting for the sound of a terrible explosion as the bomber crashed but it had continued its path to oblivion and finally came down in a ball of flame on the river flats with no survivors.

All I can say is that this is allegedly 1942.

I would also be interested to know if the authorities tested any form of experimental anti aircraft missile close to or along the banks of the Mersey at any point prior to the end of 1942. Apparently its use deterred at least one raid on Merseyside with devastating effect. It is claimed that is brought down several bombers.