{"id":5,"date":"2012-05-19T17:44:28","date_gmt":"2012-05-19T16:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bunker13.co.uk\/b13\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2025-10-25T12:22:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T11:22:53","slug":"bunker-13-raf-blakelaw","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bunker13.co.uk\/b13\/","title":{"rendered":"Bunker 13 – RAF Blakelaw"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Feb 2021<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

See News page for announcement!<\/a> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Letter of Support from RAF Museum Received.<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

RAF Blakelaw was a WW2 Royal Air Force Fighter command station based at what is now Kenton Bar in Newcastle Upon Tyne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It\u2019s location was chosen before September 1938 and a temporary surface station was brought into use by July 1939 to coincide with the formation of 13 group which controlled fighters north of the Humber and throughout Scotland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The permanent underground bunker was completed and became fully operational on December 3rd 1939 at 23:59hrs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the site is now surrounded by new houses the Bunker still exists and is listed grade II<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 The Bunker formed part of the revolutionary air defence system devised by Dowding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This comprised an integrated air defence system which included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n