RAF Bempton
| Royal Air Force Bempton | |
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| Located near Bempton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England | |
 Royal Air Force Bempton
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| Coordinates | 54°09′00″N 0°10′40″W / 54.1499°N 0.1778°WCoordinates: 54°09′00″N 0°10′40″W / 54.1499°N 0.1778°W |
| Site information | |
| Open to the public |
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| Site history | |
| Built | 1940 |
| In use | 1940–1972 |
RAF Bempton was an RAF station situated at Bempton in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Bridlington. During the Second World War it was established as a radar station and in later years became part of the Chain Home Low network.
The site was also used for a secret High Speed Passive Array RADAR codenamed 'Winkle'. The distinctive Y-shaped concrete stanchions on the clif edge are indicative of Winkle.
The site was sold in 1980/81 and is now privately owned. Because of trespass, the stairs down to the bunker were removed and other entrances were sealed over with concrete.
In the 1970s, a satanistic cult were known to be practising their rites in the tunnels and open spaces of the former bunker. In 2010, a teenager from Hull went missing after his car was found abandoned by Bempton Cliffs. Police conducted a search for a missing person around the cliff area and inside the former bunker as the teenager had been given a memory stick detailing the pornographic artwork that the cult had painted on the walls of the bunker.
Despite the Humberside Fire and Rescue Service later searching the area again for a body, no trace of Russell Bohling has been found.
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