The secret RAF base which foiled the Nazis
The 鈥楤eambender鈥� was a vital WW2 RAF unit designed to foil Nazi bombing raids.
Slightly north of Coalville in the Leicestershire district of Charley are the remains of a secret RAF base which foiled Nazi bombing raids during WW2.
The RAF 80 Wing was formed in 1940 and comprised a team of specialist wireless operators who sent radio signal beams to throw German pilots off course, tricking them into releasing their bombs away from their intended targets.
Charley was one of those specially chosen sites, being close to the important manufacturing centres of Leicester, Derby, Coventry, Nottingham and Birmingham. That secret RAF team was nicknamed 鈥楾he Beambenders鈥�.
Ben Jackson explored the site with historian Dave Metcalfe.
Produced by Pete Wardman.
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