Monument record TR 15 SW 164 - Second World War Heavy Anti-Aircraft gun emplacement (Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery Canterbury Cn2) at Chartham

By 20 May 1942 There was a heavy anti-aircraft gun emplacement (designated CN2 ‘Chartham’), comprising four 3.7 inch guns and GL Mk IA RADAR, in a field to the east of Upper Horton Farm. It was probably established here in defence of Canterbury on the eve of the 1942 raids.
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Site of Second World War heavy anti aircraft battery near Upper Horton Farm. It was armed with four 3.7-inch mobile guns with GL Mark IA radar in 1942, and manned by 393 Battery of the 72nd Royal Artillery Regiment. (3)

<1> CBA Twentieth Century Defences in England I.3 Anti-aircraft artillery, 1914-46 (Bibliographic reference). Ske15308.

<2> CBA Twentieth Century Defences in England I.3 Anti-aircraft artillery, 1914-46 (Bibliographic reference). SKE15308.

<3> Dobinson, C, 1996, Twentieth century fortifications in England, volume 1. Anti-aircraft artillery : England's air defence gunsites, 1914-46 (Monograph). SWX23706.