Starfish site

Starfish site

Starfish Sites were simulations of burning towns that were constructed in Britain during World War II. They were used to decoy German night bombers away from bombing real towns. Towns thus successfully protected included Bristol, Sheffield and Derby (see ref 3, Hunt)

References

* "Fields of Deception - Britain's Bombing Decoys of World War II", Colin Dobson, Methuen Publishing, 2000, ISBN13 9780413745705.
* "The Bombing of Rolls-Royce at Derby in two World Wars", (2002), Kirk, Felix & Bartnik, RR Heritage Trust

External links

* [http://www.aviationmuseum.net/decoys.htm Decoy Sites - Wartime Deception in Norfolk and Suffolk by Huby Fairhead]
* [http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:QfvfadcQCFwJ:unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/content_page.asp%3Fcontent_page_id%3D224%26content_parents%3D48,95,213+%22starfish+site%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=13 Night-Time Fire-Based Decoys by Fred Nash (via Google cache)]
* [http://www.portsdown-tunnels.org.uk/surface_sites/qsite_p1.html UK History & Description of the 'Q' Decoy Sites by Bob Hunt]


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