Role | Name | Posted from | Until |
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Operator | Mr Frank Campbell | Unknown | 20 Jul 1944 |
The wireless set was hidden in a dugout in a clump of trees opposite what was the "Warming Pan" restaurant at Crossbush. Access was from the restaurant's cellar where a crawl tunnel ran under the road which is the main A27. Under a slate shelf a small section of the cellar wall was said to have been mounted on rails. When a nail was pushed into a certain crack it lifted a catch allowing the wall to move along the rails revealing a tunnel.
It is thought the wireless was moved into an underground tank after the tunnel started to collapse and cause subsidence of the road. A cable was said to have run from the dugout to an intercom in a nearby flint wall. It is rumored the local Vicar would have been an informant.
The tree used for an aerial can be seen on the opposite side of the road.
Arundel Outstation
Secret Sussex Resistance, Stewart Angell/Arthur Gabbitas
Brian Dury