PoW Hostel 273A Debach

This dispersed site from Debach Airfield is now used to produce Golf Equipment and was used as a PoW Camp / Subcamp

Location

Rangeball UK, The Oaks, Rangeball Suite, Snipe Farm Rd, Clopton, Woodbridge IP13 6SL

Description

Site Visits

May 2019

Material

DSLR Photos
UK Foreign Office Inspection Report
Local Material

This PoW Hostel can be found close to the original English Heritage 2003 PoW Report original coordinates in what is now a Golf Equipment Producer which has retained the original main buildings.

The USAAF Map identifies this area as Admin and would have included a number of Nissen Huts at this site as shown in the original photos in what are now landscaped gardens plus the USAAF memorial

Camera Images of the site of former PoW Hostel 273A Debach, now RangeBall

Extracts from UK Foreign Office Inspection Report from UK National Archives Kew and Local Material:

FO 1120/183 PoW Camp List 20Feb47 inc PoW Camp 273
Debach Airfiel Artifacts and Notices

  • Foreign Office File 1120/183 list of POW Camps in the UK as of 20Feb47 as held by the UK National Archives in March 2019
  • This dispersed site from Debach Airfield is now used to produce Golf Equipment and was used as a PoW Camp / Subcamp
  • This dispersed site from Debach Airfield is now used to produce Golf Equipment and was used as a PoW Camp / Subcamp
  • This dispersed site from Debach Airfield is now used to produce Golf Equipment and was used as a PoW Camp / Subcamp