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Second World War QF P-series oil bombing decoy

England

List entry 1425319

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1425319

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

4.67 hectares

Grid reference

TQ8576677330

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Second World War QF P-series oil bombing decoy is a defensive installation constructed during the Second World War in Kent. The site functioned as a decoy target designed to draw German aerial bombing away from genuine oil installations and industrial facilities by simulating an active oil processing plant. The QF P-series decoys employed specially designed lighting and smoke apparatus to create a convincing false target visible to enemy aircraft during night raids. Such decoy sites formed part of the broader civil defence strategy employed across southern England during the intensive bombing campaigns of 1940 to 1944.

Second World War QF P-series oil bombing decoy is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1425319. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Second World War QF P-series oil bombing decoy?

Second World War QF P-series oil bombing decoy is a defensive installation constructed during the Second World War in Kent. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1425319.

Who is responsible for protecting Second World War QF P-series oil bombing decoy?

Second World War QF P-series oil bombing decoy is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1425319.

What other scheduled monuments are near Second World War QF P-series oil bombing decoy?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Slough Fort and wing batteries (2.4 km), Coastal artillery defences on the Isle of Grain, immediately east and south east of Grain village (3.8 km), Sheerness Defences: C19 gun emplacements and magazines and early-C20 gun towers, fire-control building and pillbox on the Centre Bastion (6 km).

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Monuments

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Battlefields

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Roman Britain

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Domesday

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Civil War

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Geology

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Slough Fort and wing batteries

2.4 km

Coastal artillery defences on the Isle of Grain, immediately east and south east of Grain village

3.8 km

Sheerness Defences: C19 gun emplacements and magazines and early-C20 gun towers, fire-control building and pillbox on the Centre Bastion

Fort Darnet, Darnet Ness

8.3 km

World War II Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite (TS3) at Wetham Green, 460m north of Red Brick Cottage

9 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Second World War QF P-series oil bombing decoy

Second World War QF P-series oil bombing decoy stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.

The wider landscape

Around Second World War QF P-series oil bombing decoy

RochesterRoman town · ~8.9 miles CanterburyRoman town · ~21.7 miles Battle of Maldon 991Battle (991) · ~17.6 miles

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