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Great Altcar

Decoy
County: Lancashire
Current Status: Farmland
Date: Opened by 20 March 1942 - 1944
Current Use: Disused
Used By: RAF
Decoy Type(s): Q
Decoy Number(s): 164(a)

Great Altcar operated as the decoy airfield for Woodvale during World War Two. The control shelter still survives.

 

The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 31/12/2015):

  • Great Altcar Parish Council
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Remains of the decoy airfield at Great Altcar, 2 November 1998.

Parent(s)/HQ Airfield(s):

Woodvale

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