Langstone Harbour decoy site
17 April 1941 · Portsmouth, Hampshire
View this record on the map →- Date
- 17 April 1941
- Record type
- Reported target area
- Casualties
- None reported
- Location
- Portsmouth, Hampshire
- Position accuracy
- Rough area
What happened
Around 200 air-dropped munitions fell on a decoy site in Langstone Harbour rather than on the city — a successful use of the deception sites built to draw bombing away from populated Portsmouth.
Also worth knowing
Recorded because the decoys are part of the story of why bombs fell where they did. Portsmouth also built a deep shelter into Portsdown Hill in 1942, designed to hold 2,500 people.