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05-OCT-2010 Ian Dalgliesh

WW2 Tank traps.,now fenced in.

By the Cran Brook,Barkingside,Essex,England view map

Now hidden in a small wood,but in 1940,during the Battle of Britain,this was expected to be the Front Line.About 1/2 mile to the east was RAF Fairlop,now dismantled.
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Fairlop
see http://www.wartimememories.co.uk/airfields/fairlop.html
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_London_Defence_Ring
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_hardened_field_defences_of_World_War_II

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