Driving along the lanes of Norfolk this weekend we came across this intense looking building...a world war 2 training dome used by the RAF. There were around 40 built around the country but only 6 are believed to remain. They were constructed as concrete hemispheres that used then state of the art technology to project footage of enemy bombers in a 180 degree sphere and could be shot at using simulator guns. All that remains of the base here is the training dome...a stark left over object of war in a landscape that has since reverted to its pastoral routes.here is a pathe film showing one in action.
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