Monument record 4121/0/2 - Anti Aircraft Battery at Leighton Grange

<1> CBA, 2002, Defence of Britain Project, 2257 (Digital Archive). SCH4380.

Destroyed Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery. Crewe A H1. At Leighton Grange.

<2> C S Dobinson, 1996, Twentieth Century Fortifications in England. Volume I.3 Anti-Aircraft artillery, 1914-46 (Report). SCH4454.

Earliest reference: 2 December 1940, latest reference - 3 March 1941. It had 4 x 3.7inch (static) guns and had a GL MkII fire-control radar installed by 1942. It was 332 battery run by 106 regiment.

<2> C S Dobinson, 1996, Twentieth Century Fortifications in England. Volume III Bombing decoys of WWII : England's passive air defences, 1939-45 (Report). SCH8257.

Earliest reference: 2 December 1940, latest reference - 3 March 1941. It had 4 x 3.7inch (static) guns and had a GL MkII fire-control radar installed by 1942. It was 332 battery run by 106 regiment.

<3> Royal Air Force, 1944-1947, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review (Aerial Photograph). SCH8041.

The complex and the perimeter are clearly visible on these aerial photographs. The gun emplacements are located on the western side. To the east and south east are a complex of c.38 structures, mainly Nissen Huts.

<3> The GeoInformation Group, 2005, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review (Aerial Photograph). SCH4608.

The complex and the perimeter are clearly visible on these aerial photographs. The gun emplacements are located on the western side. To the east and south east are a complex of c.38 structures, mainly Nissen Huts.

<4> Bluesky International Ltd, 2010, 2010 Bluesky Survey (Aerial Photograph). SCH5444.

One huts survives in a ruined condition.