2 Pillboxes from RAF Ratcliffe Leics

[RichCooper]

One on each side of what was RAF Ratcliffe in Leics which was an important Air Transport Auxiliary ferry pool in World War II.

First up the eastern side one PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/26): S0000522


1 by codseeker, on Flickr


2 by codseeker, on Flickr


3 by codseeker, on Flickr


4 by codseeker, on Flickr


5 by codseeker, on Flickr


6 by codseeker, on Flickr


7 by codseeker, on Flickr


8 by codseeker, on Flickr


9 by codseeker, on Flickr


10 by codseeker, on Flickr


11 by codseeker, on Flickr

The western side PILLBOX (PREFABRICATED): S0007995


a (11) by codseeker, on Flickr


a (7) by codseeker, on Flickr


a by codseeker, on Flickr


a (8) by codseeker, on Flickr


a (1) by codseeker, on Flickr


a (10) by codseeker, on Flickr


a (6) by codseeker, on Flickr


a (3) by codseeker, on Flickr


a (2) by codseeker, on Flickr


a (4) by codseeker, on Flickr


a (5) by codseeker, on Flickr


a (9) by codseeker, on Flickr

 

[jonney]

great stuff mate more and more of these Stent pillboxes are turning up. Wouldn't have liked to be inside one of them if it was under attack that's for sure. You can see in your photo's that the fill between the inside and outside layers of the prefabricated sections isn't reinforced

 

[RichCooper]

great stuff mate more and more of these Stent pillboxes are turning up. Wouldn't have liked to be inside one of them if it was under attack that's for sure. You can see in your photo's that the fill between the inside and outside layers of the prefabricated sections isn't reinforced

Yea they kind of remind me of council coal bunkers you gotta love the door on the first one though

 

[jonney]

Yea they kind of remind me of council coal bunkers

they were little more than that mate, made using the same principles

 

[night crawler]

Nice set of Prefab pillboxes and I do like the decorative gate on the first one.

 

[oldscrote]

Nice one Rich,I agree about the 'armoured' door on the first one.There's a couple of these down my way which I'll sort out come the winter,they are too buried in undergrowth at the moment.

 

[cptpies]

Thanks Rich

I've corrected the Type 26 reference to Prefabricated.

 

[krela]

Thanks Rich

I've corrected the Type 26 reference to Prefabricated.

Hmm, to my understanding they're still 26's, just of prefabricated stent construction...

 

[cptpies]

That's right, but the DoB separates out the prefab type and since Stents are rarer than bog standard 26's I thought I'd continue that way.

 

[krela]

That's right, but the DoB separates out the prefab type and since Stents are rarer than bog standard 26's I thought I'd continue that way.

Fair enough.