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63:) was given the name "Starfish", which subsequently became used for all of the decoys. The sites were constructed around 4 miles (6.4 km) from their protection target, and at least 1 mile (1.6 km) from any other settlement. They consisted of elaborate light arrays and fires, controlled from a nearby bunker and laid out to simulate a fire-bombed town. By the end of the war there were 237 decoys protecting 81 towns and cities around the country. 22: 219: 162:. The Starfish name was eventually adopted to describe all of the SF decoy sites. The Mendip Hills site used fires of creosote and water to simulate incendiary bombs exploding. In addition, glow boxes were used to simulate the streets and railways of Bristol; the light bulbs were powered by electrical generators turned by 147:. The new "Special Fire" decoys were set up to simulate the bomb drops of German pathfinder squadrons. By 23 January 1941 the programme had been increased to 43 sites protecting 13 town and cities and by March operational sites numbered over 100. By the end of the war there were 237 Starfish sites protecting 81 locations. 193:. Clusters of impressions where basket fires once stood, bounded by fire-break trenches, covered much of the area seen in Second World War photographs, and a prominent structure near the site may have been the decoy control bunker. Anti-aircraft gun emplacements have been noted at the site. Another site known as 86:
officer, was tasked, in September 1939, with establishing a broad range of day and night decoys to mislead enemy bombers. His initial work was with dummy aircraft, airfields and factories; the decoys for which were dubbed 'K' Sites. Turner also implemented night decoys; dubbed 'Q' Sites, they
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Dobinson reports that Starfish sites in the main programme had an identification code such as SF1(b). With SF1 referring to Bristol the first town/city to be protected and (a) to (f) being its Starfish sites. The Black Down site appears to
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A 1992 archaeological survey of the Mendip Hills did not identify surviving bomb craters on the Black Down site (the original "Starfish"), despite claims of their existence. In his 2000 book,
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bombs, Turner added fires to the 'Q' Sites, dubbing them Q-Fire or QF, to add to their plausibility. Initially very crude, the fires were controlled from a nearby concrete
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The Isle of Bute had a decoy ('dummy') village located at the north end of the Island to confuse enemy bombers, and hopefully to draw them away from Greenock or Clydebank.
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over the countryside. The sites were an extension of Colonel John Turner's decoy programme for airfields and factories (code named "Q" Sites, probably by analogy with
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to simulate burning British cities. The aim was to divert German night bombers from their intended targets so they would drop their
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was protected by various Starfish sites located on its surrounding hillsides. A decoy site existed at Long Wood at
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As of 2000, there is a relatively intact control bunker for a co-located Starfish and Quick Light (QL) site at
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petrol engines contained in two bunkers. Another of Bristol's sites was located in the parish of
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Archaeological excavation in 1992 of the original "Starfish", in the
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Turner referred to the new sites as "Special Fire" or "SF". However,
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The Germans also built large-scale night-time decoys such as the
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Information Strategy and Warfare: A Guide to Theory and Practice
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consisted of lights mounted on poles to simulate an airfield.
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Gleniffer Braes Starfish Decoy Site Control Bunker, Paisley
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The Bombing of Rolls-Royce at Derby in Two World Wars
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Auchenreoch Muir RAF 'Starfish' Decoy Control Bunker
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is vested jointly in Dobinson and English Heritage.
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Black Down
the Blitz
ordnance
Q-ships
Coventry in November 1940
one early site
Bristol
Mendip Hills
World War II
Air Ministry
incendiary
pillbox
night bombing of Coventry
Air Ministry
Bristol
Crewe
Derby
London
Manchester
Middlesbrough
Sheffield
Black Down
Mendip Hills
Bristol
Coventry Climax
Yatton
Glasgow
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