More information: K.D. Wisniewski et al, Multi-disciplinary site investigations of WW2 allied aerial bombing decoy sites in North Staffordshire, UK, Journal of Conflict Archaeology (2025). DOI: 10 ...

Operation Starfish — Baddesley Common Decoy Site and others in Hampshire and further afield and the Servicemen and Women who worked on them in World War 2 Until recently very few people knew ...

The study, titled "Multi-disciplinary site investigations of WW2 allied aerial bombing decoy sites in North Staffordshire, UK," focused on three of four known sites near Stoke-on-Trent: Keele ...

In the 1940s, the British government built a network of decoy sites designed to look like bombed urban and industrial areas. They were called "Starfish sites" and were meant to divert German ...

They formed an integral part of our war effort during the 'Blitz' – the WWII Luftwaffe bombing campaign on Britain by Nazi Germany. Now, incredible images reveal three decoy bombing sites dotted ...

Researchers inspect WW2 "Starfish" - the brick features in fields lit up to look like towns. Let us know you agree to data collection on AMP. We and our partners use technologies, ...

Researchers inspect WW2 "Starfish" ... By the end of the conflict, there were 237 Starfish sites across Britain protecting 81 target towns, cities and factories.

Keele University and Goldsmiths, University of London, estimate our forgotten 237 Special Fire sites, a plane dubbed 'Starfish', took 968 tonnes of German bombs destined for 81 real towns ...

In the study, "Multi-disciplinary site investigations of WW2 allied aerial bombing decoy sites in North Staffordshire, UK," published online in the Journal of Conflict Archaeology, researchers ...

Researchers inspect WW2 "Starfish" ... By the end of the conflict, there were 237 Starfish sites across Britain protecting 81 target towns, cities and factories.