Blast Pen 05

Blast Pen 5 from an Aerial Photograph of the Airfield from May 1947

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Blast Pen 5 from an Aerial Photograph of the Airfield from April 2020

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Blast Pen 5 Aerial View from July 1980 showing the complete pen before it was back-filled.

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Blast Pen 5 Front from November 2020.

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Blast Pen 5 Front from January 2021.

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Blast Pen 5 Left-Hand Doorway from January 2021.

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Blast Pen 5 Right-Hand Doorway from January 2021.

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Blast Pen 5 Rear Doorway from January 2021.

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Blast Pen 5 Machine Gun Post from September 2018.

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Blast Pen 5 Machine Gun Post Mount from July 2018.

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Pen 5 is the most easterly of the pens on the northern side of the airfield and faces south.
Today, this pen has been infilled with earth and rubble.
The pen is of the larger type found at Kenley, the original two bays would have been approximately 18.5m x 23.5m each.
The front doorways are covered by the infill with just the tops visible. A large steel door secures the rear doorway.
The front doorways have two-element lintels. The rear doorway has a three-element lintel
The rear retaining wall is of brick construction.
There is a rectangular construction on top of the pen in the rear right corner which formerly housed an anti-aircraft machine gun.
The interior shelter construction is unknown.
The front wall of the now missing centre section had a buttress added for strength.