Blast Pen 08

Blast Pen 8 from an Aerial Photograph of the Airfield from May 1947

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Blast Pen 8 from an Aerial Photograph of the Airfield from April 2020

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Blast Pen 8 Front from November 2020.

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Blast Pen 8 Front from January 2021.

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Blast Pen 8 Left-Hand Doorway from January 2021.

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Blast Pen 8 Right-Hand Doorway from January 2021.

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Blast Pen 8 Rear Doorway from June 2020.

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Blast Pen 8 Left-Hand Doorway from May 2021. This damage was probably caused by enemy action, perhaps on "The Hardest Day", August 18th 1940.

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Pen 8 is the most westerly of the pens on the northern side of the airfield and faces south.
Today, the pen has only the left and rear sections remaining. There is no front brick wall on the remaining arm.
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 left front doorway has access to the rear doorway. The rear shelter has been bricked up at the left end and a large steel door secures the right doorway.
The front doorways have two-element lintels. The rear doorway has a three-element lintel.
The rear retaining wall is of concrete construction.
The internal shelter is of unknown construction.
The centre arm end wall had a buttress fitted for additional strength.