RAF Beachy Head

RAF Beachy Head

RAF Beachy Head was a Royal Air Force (RAF) base and one of the many "Chain Home Low" radar stations, being situated near Beachy Head and Eastbourne in East Sussex, England.

History

It saw much activity in World War 2 covering the area from Brighton to Hastings from ten miles out to sea, but began to decline in importance in the 1950s. In 1952, a ROTOR site was built, which closed in 1960. The Coastguard used one of the buildings. It closed with the end of the Cold War and partly demolished in 1996.

External links

* [http://www.subbrit.org.uk/rsg/sites/b/beachy_head/ Secret Britain]
* [http://www.raf.mod.uk/bob1940/11group.html RAF website]


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