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Allan Williams turret.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/06/02)
An Allan Williams steel turret in situ, sited to defend the N end of Radlett airfield. Measuring some 6ft in diameter x 3ft high it is made of five-eighths inch steel. It has hatches in the top and side and steel rollers to turn the entire dome through 360 degrees. There is a gun bracket located immediately below the top hatch, probably for a Vickers or Bren gun in an anti-aircraft role.
(Source: Field Visit 1992/05/01)


      

        Official Name
        RAF Radlett
      

      

        Type of site
        ALLAN WILLIAMS TURRET
      

      

        Location
        Hedges Farm, Napsbury - in a belt of trees  20 yards from the A414 road at the N end of the former Radlett aerodrome.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            TL 1575 0479
             (Scale: 1:50000
              , 1995)
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Good

      

      

        Materials
        
            Steel
        
      

      

        Threats
        
            Type: Flooding (Immediate) 
Detail: Bottom of chamber is flooded.

        		
      

      

        Recorder
        Smith, J.O.
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 RAF Radlett defences - Perimeter and ground defences 

        		
      

      

        Attached Sheets
        (9) - one map, four additional notes and five pages of local journal with an article on the site

      

      

        Photographs
        
     (8) - 5 general view, 2 of associated airfield and 1 of associated pillbox  
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0006564

      

      

        Associated Identifier
        
            Hertfordshire SMR (ref: 6628)
        
      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 1998/06/02 

            Field Visit, On 1992/05/01 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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