Blast Pen 01

Blast Pen 1 from an Aerial Photograph of the Airfield from May 1947

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Blast Pen 1 from an Aerial Photograph of the Airfield from April 2020

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Location of Blast Pen 1 from April 2021.

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Location of Blast Pen 1 from March 2021. The raised "earthwork" is probably demolition rubble from this pen or the hut located next to it.

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Blast Pen 1 Left Path from March 2021. This is the only part of the pen which is visible today.

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Pen 1 is the most southerly of the pens on the eastern side of the airfield and faces north west.
Today, the only visible part of the pen to remain is the left hand path.
The pen was of the smaller type found at Kenley, the original two bays would have been approximately 16.5m x 16.5m each.
The front wall of the now missing centre section did not have a buttress, just a simple wall probably of one brick depth with various tie-bars added for strength.