kstdk

Hello

That sounds familiar

But then again, of course we have to make a selection, when I go to France on a "Hardcore" Bunkertrip - i do it with "the boys" !!

Last time we had a family holliday for 3 weeks in France, we had one week in the Calais region - the girls on the Beach and strolling the towm, and me driving around the countryside hunting for concrete - then one week in Paris ( no concrete, well hardly none !! ) and the last week in Normandy - the whole family visited the most famous sites there.

A very succesful trip for all involved - and everybody were happy, and even still talking about it today !!

This year the hollidays ( my hollidays ) will be in France again, hunting for V1 sites - and visiting this "new" site in Maisy !!!

Better luck in Vienna next time

Hello

Here is the map, showing the positions of troops and quarters and strongpoints as per 15. january 1945.

Hello all

Just to continue the story of "Gefechtsstand Silkeborg Bad" - here is the Frontpage and a map from the Pioneerstaff which also were situated here at Silkeborg Bad, or had their offices in town.

The "Festungs Pionier Stab 31" was in command of the building of fortifications in Denmark. And these two pages that i show here is only the front page and a situation map as of 15 january 1945 in Denmark.

I have the whole "Baufortschrittsmeldung" which is 341 documents, maps and descriptions of the building state in Denmark ( on computer it is 842 MB ).

Hello Chairman - Nick

How did your trip to Vienna go ???

Any new stuff on the way to these pages ???

Hello

Anyone have a picture of him wearing them ???

And just out of general interest, can anyone please list which ones it is -

i am curious, and not into medals or decorations at all !!!

Hello all

Here "My List" as it appears until now:

V1 ? Sites in France:

Nr.1 to Nr.10?

Nr. 11 Flottemanville-Hague 'Le Pivot' ? Stellung alter Bauart

Nr. 11a Flottemanville-Hague ? (No trace)

Nr. 12 Nouainville 'La Croix-Rouge' ? Stellung alter Bauart

Nr. 13 Hardinvast 'La Rocher' - Stellung alter Bauart

Nr. 14 Hardinvast 'La Fournellerie' - Stellung alter Bauart

Nr. 15 La Glacerie 'La Flague' ? Stellung alter Bauart

Nr. 16 Brix ' Le Chateau de Pannelier' - Stellung alter Bauart

Nr. 17 Mesnil-au-Val 'La sorellerie ou La Boissaye' - Stellung alter Bauart

Nr. 18 Mesnil-au-Val 'L'Orion' ? Stp. 18 ? Stellung alter Bauart

Nr. 18a Saussmesnil - (No trace)

Nr. 19 to Nr. 44?

Nr. 45. Volkerinckhove, Saint Omer

Nr. 46 to Nr. 58?

Nr. 59 Le Nieppe, Coupe

Nr. 60 to Nr. 64?

Nr. 65 Steenbecque

Nr. 66 to Nr. 89?

Nr. 90 Crepy

Nr. 91 to Nr. 94?

Nr. 95 Fleury

Nr. 96 to Nr. 98?

Nr. 99 Humi?res

Nr. 100 to Nr. 112?

Nr. 113 Blangerval

Nr. 114 to Nr. 121?

Nr. 122 Fleurs

Nr. 123 to Nr. 138?

Nr. 139 Saussemesnil - Les Fosses ? Einsatz Stellung

Nr. 140 Ch?teau de Rochemont ? Einsatz Stellung

Nr. 141 L'Arbre ? Tison ? Einsatz Stellung

Nr. 142 Hameau de Bas.

Nr. 143 Nouainville 'La Granchette' ? Einsatz Stellung ? Command Post 1. Battr. IV/155 (W)

Nr. 144 Tonneville ' Le Manoir' ? Einsatz Stellung

Nr. 145 Sainte-Croix-Hague 'Ferme de l'Epinay' ? Einsatz Stellung

Nr. 146 Branville ' Lillerie' ? Einsatz Stellung

Nr. 147 La Vacquerie ? Einsatz Stellung

Nr. 148 Saussemesnil ' La Coucourie' ? Einsatz Stellung

Nr. 149 to Nr. 184?

Nr. 185 Bourgtheroulde

Nr. 194 to Nr. 195?

Nr. 196 Le Petit Boisney

Nr. 197 Bertreville St. Ouen

Nr. 198 Mont Candon

Nr. 199?

Nr. 200 Bouainville Faverolles

Nr. 201 to Nr. 204?

Nr. 205 Bois de Bretonne

Nr. 206 to Nr. 208?

Nr. 209 Castillon en Auge

Nr. 210?

Nr. 211?

Nr. 212 Maucomble

Nr. 213?

Nr. 214 Louvagny

Nr. 215?

Nr. 216?

Nr. 217?

Nr. 218 La Vieux Rue

Nr. 219 to Nr. 222?

Nr. 223 Sain-Sauveur-le-Vicomte ? Einsatz Stellung ? Command Post 1. Battr. VIII/155 (W)

Nr. 224 Besneville ? Einsatz Stellung

Nr. 225 Croville-sur-Douve 'Le Ch?teau' ? Einsatz Stellung

Nr. 226 Sainte-Colombe 'Le Ch?teau' ? Einsatz Stellung

Nr. 227 Golleville 'Ch?teau du Quesnoy' ? Einsatz Stellung

Nr. 228 Golleville 'Le Ch?teau' ? Einsatz Stellung

Nr. 229 N?hou 'La Mare-Laniepce' ? Einsatz Stellung

Nr. 230 Saint-Jacques-de-N?hou ? Einsatz Stellung

Nr. 231 Saint-Jacques-de-N?hou ' Hameau Piquet' ? Einsatz Stellung

Nr. 232 Yvetot-Bocage 'Manoir de la Haulle' ? Einsatz Stellung

Nr. 233 Valognes 'Chateau de Beaumont' ? Einsatz Stellung

Nr. 234 Chemin du Hameau ?s-Longs ? Einsatz Stellung

Nr. 235 Saint-Germain-de-Tournebut 'Les Semis Ch?teau de la Brisette', Bretteville ? Einsatz Stellung

Nr. 236 La Sagerie, Montaigu la Brisette ? Einsatz Stellung

Nr. 237 Breuville 'Manoir du Bosq' ? Einsatz Stellung

Nr. 238 Rauville la Bigot ? Einsatz Stellung

Nr. 239 Rauville la Bigot 'La croix des Ch?vres'

Nr. 240 Bricqueboscq 'La maison de Bricquebosc' ? Einsatz Stellung

Nr. 241 Rauville la Bigot 'La Hectonnerie' ? Einsatz Stellung

Nr. 242 Grosville 'Bonnetot' ? Einsatz Stellung

Nr. 243 Branville ou Greville ? (No trace)

Nr. 244?

Nr. 245 Flottemanville-Hague ' La Malbr?che' ? Ersatz Stellung

Nr. 246?

Nr. 247 Tollevast ? (No trace)

Nr. 248 Tollevast, Ocqueville, Chateau de Catteville ? (No trace)

Nr. 249?

Nr. 250 Saussemesnil ? (No trace)

Nr. 251 to 254?

Nr. 255 Tremauville

Nr. 256 to Nr. 607?

Nr. 608 Tourneghem, Neuville

Nr. 609 to Nr. 619?

Nr. 620 Zudausques

Nr. 621?

Nr. 622?

Nr. 623 Morbesques

Nr. 624 to Nr. 632?

Nr. 633 Lisbourg

Nr. 634?

Nr. 635 Fontaine-les-Hermans

Nr. 636 to Nr. 639?

Nr. 640 Monchy, Cayeux

Nr. 641 Loisson sur Crequoise

Nr. 642?

Nr. 643 La Loge Quest

Nr. 644?

Nr. 645 Croisette

Nr. 646 St. Josse au Bois

Nr. 647 Vacqueriette

Nr. 648 to Nr. 680?

Nr. 681 Esclavelles, La Chenaie

Nr. 682 to Nr. 684?

Nr. 685 Val Ygot

Nr. 686?

Nr. 687?

Nr. 688 Rocquemont

Nr. 689 Estouteville Ecalles

Nr. 690?

Nr. 691 Belmesnil

Nr. 692 to Nr. 856?

Nr. 857 Aumeville-Lestre (No trace)

Nr. 858 Tamerville ? Command Post 4. Battr. VIII/155 (W)

Nr. 859 Saint-Cyr (some earthwork)

Nr. 860 N?greville (some earthwork) ? Command Post 3. Battr. VIII/155(W)

Nr. 861 Sain-Martin-le-H?rbert

Nr. 862 Rocheville (No trace)

Nr. 863 Hemevez (No trace)

Nr. 864 Orglandes (No trace) - Command Post VIII Abt./155 (W)

Nr. 865 Biniville

Nr. 866 Briquebec

Nr. 867 Saint-Germain-le-Gaillard

Nr. 868 Saint-Germain-le-Gaillard

Nr. 869 Saint-Jaques-de-N?hou: (No trace)

Nr. 870 Sain-Sauveur-le-Vicomte (No trace)

Nr. 871 Rauville-la-Place (No trace)

Nr. 871 Varenguebec

Nr. 872 to Nr. 1000?

Nr. 1001 Renescure

Nr. 1002?

Nr. 1003 Beauvoir Bonnieres

Nr. 1004 Domleger

Nr. 1005 to Nr. 1007?

Nr. 1008 Bricquebec - Versorgungsstelle

Nr. 1009 Valognes, Cherbourg / Tamerville / Couville - Bauvorhaben 7 B7, Wasserwerk, Versorgungsstelle

Nr. 1010 to Nr. 1013?

Nr. 1014 Rollencourt

Nr. 1015 Ferfay

Nr. 1016 Wavrans

Nr. 1017 to Nr. 1027?

Nr. 1028 Montebourg ? Versorgungsstelle ? (Never buildt)

Nr. 1029 Saint-Jacques-de-N?hou ? Versorgungsstelle ? (Never buildt)

Legend:

Einsatz Stellung - (Light Site)

Ersatz Stellung - (Backup Site)

Stellung alter Bauart - (Heavy Site)

Zerst?rte Stellung - (Destroyed Site)

Batterie Befehlsstelle - (Battery Command Post)

Abteilungs- Gefechtsstand - (Abt. Command Post)

Versorgungsstellen - (Supply Sites)

Wasserwerk - (Water Sites)

Feltmulag or Feldmuna ? (Ammunitions Depot)

Nachschub ? (Supply Chain)

Names of sites without any known number:

Aganvillers, Abbeville

Amiens ? Gefechtsstand Flak Regiment 155(W) - Stollenanlage

Bergueneuse

Bois Carre, Yvrench

Bois Caret, Drionville

Callengeville

Campneuseville, Beaulieu

Clairefeville

Eperlesques (V2 ? V1)

?queurdreville-Hainnville ? Wasserwerk Nr. 2

St. Leu D?Esserent (Feltmulag)

Foret de L?Ermitage (Chateau) ? Command Post 2. Battr. IV/155 (W)

Henouville, Rouen

Houppeville, Rouen

La Bois Cosiniere

La Boissais

Richemont

Rufosses

St. Phillibert Ferme

Bois de Renty

Rimboval

Bois Remipre, Le Mont Hery, Remortier

Bonningues les Ardres

Sautrecourt

Nardouet, Octeville

Varneville, Bretteville

Brecourt, Cherbourg- Ersatz Bauvorhaben 8, Minenlager, ?lbunker, Wasserwerk

Devres, Lottinghem - Wasserwerk

Siracourt, St. Pol sur Ternoise, Calais ? Wasserwerk 1

Vignacourt, Belloy sur Somme

Villaines la Carelle ? Steinbruch, V1 Lager - Stollenanlage

Wallon-Cappel

Couville, Cherbourg

Wisques

Quettot ? Command Post 2. Battr.VIII/155(W)

Chateau de Martinvast ? Command Post IV Abt./155 (W)

Martinvast, Cherbourg ? Bauvorhaben 8 B8, Wasserwerk

Sottevast ? RLW, Reserve Lager West, Bauvorhaben 51-B51-1351 ? V2?

Unknown location ? Feldmuna Luche ? Decknamen ?Luchs? ? Stollenanlage

Unknown location ? Feldmuna for FZG 76 ? Decknamen ?Biber?

Some Sites may prove to be identical, due to the location names are mentioned with different local towns nearby. So it is important that you provide information, so we can make the list as accurate as possible.

In the end I have to verify this information against official German ducuments and other archive material, for instance the war diary of Flak.Reg. 155 (V) !!!

Hello all

To draw some attention to this topic, please see:

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=93265

I will bring my revised list of suggested V1 Sites here. It is a list put together with information from different sources ( Imperial War Museum and BA-MA Archives and informations from books and other websites ) so I - in the end - will have to check this information up against proper and reliable sources.

But...the sites mentioned here, I have pictures from, and have the Site number and geographical location...so !!!

Hello John

Thanks for the link, it is certainly a good one - I did know it on beforehand, though ;O)

But never the less, its good, and i have been studied the 155 Flak.Reg - abt I to XI. It seems that the parts of this Regiment was deployed in the Rouen area and were active from there, as the V to IX Abt. were in the Cotentin area, but after the intensive bombardements by the RAF from Dec. 1943 - they mostly served as decoys, so that RAF would not bomb the other sites in the Rouen area.

How ever the Cotentin units in fact were active or not, that is one of the questions here. As you can see it is -although in planning - certainly that sites from no.1 to no.1016 were actual, but were they operational ?

So there is much to "dig into" and research in the V1 - V2 and V3 positions in France, Belgium, Holland and al the way back to Germany - not to speak of Peenem?nde and sites in Poland.

I hope to get an ongoing discussion on this topic - so any posting of information are most welcome.

That goes for information on other websites and to sources, books and archive material.

Here an old poster of V1 ( we must not forget the Humor ) !!!

Hello all

I have for a period of time been working, doing some research on the V1 / V2 and V3 sites in France.

Now i have run into some "dead ends" and would like to ask for the help of some experts on this topic !!

Concerning the V1 sites i have placed / named the sites with the German number and the geographic name of the sites as follows:

Sites 11 to 18

Sites 45 / 59 / 65 / 90 / 99 / 113 / 122

Sites 139 to 148

Sites 185 / 196 / 197 / 198 / 200 / 205 / 209 / 212 / 214 / 218

Sites 223 to 242

Sites 245 / 248 / 255

Sites 608 / 620 / 623 / 633 / 635 / 640 / 641 / 643 / 645 / 646 / 647

Sites 681 / 968 / 688 / 689 / 691

Sites 1001 / 1003 / 1004 / 1014 / 1015 / 1016

As you can see i am missing some numbers / names between the above mentioned, and i am interested in references as to books or archivematerial to fill out this list.

Also any references and information on the units regarding V1 - V2 and V3 sites / positions.

Does any have materials about this topic, i will be very interested in any information you can provide.

This goes for the V2 and V3 sites as well !!

There is a bit confusion about the correct german name for the sites, they are named in many different ways as to which type it is, such as:

Feltmulag / Feuerstellung / Versorgungsstelle / Wasserwerk etc, etc - but which is belonging to what sites ?

I hope someone can help me here, thanks.

Hello

Thanks for the reply...Shackleton....Avro - yes !!!

As to the link above, it is quite useful, tried a search - and see:

http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.sear...inct_entry=true

Hello all

An idea - would it be an idea to make a "Now and Then" topic from the above link ??

Bring an ID picture from the old photographs, and if possible bring a new picture from the same place too - or just ID the photo with place, name etc. etc. !!

So - what do you say ??

Hello all

I must admit that i havent got a clue about the shown picture ??

But...if you are looking for a picture of a particular airplane, here is a link worth trying:

http://www.airliners.net/search/indexsearc...irstl=A&lastl=B

Arranged alphabeticaly by name of airplane, can it get any easier ??

For instance, there is over 1000 pictures of the Spitfire !!

Have fun !!!

Next:

Periodic picture of Tiergarten (Zoo) bunkerin Berlin - 1945/46, i think.

Next:

Flakguns - twin 12,8 cm.

Hello

Yes, the Tiergarten ( Zoo ) Bunker were impressive !!

Also the large twin 12,8 cm. flakguns - see att. pictures.

Hello

Thanks for the very interesting link. There is a lot of info on this site - and the pictures show the orign of many "bunker items" to be used in other fortifications in the years after 1935 - 38.

The Germans took many of "their" developments from these fortificationlines over in the east.

Thanks for sharing.

Hello all

For further information, also see this link - please:

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php...1485a134c03a2da

For a "Google" search try:

Flaktowers, Flakbunker, Vienna Flak, Berliner Flakt?rme etc. etc.

There is a lot of information "out there" !!

Hello Nick

There are 6 flaktowers in Vienna.

2 at Augarten.

2 at Arenbergpark.

2 at Esterhazy Park / Stiftskaserne.

I will PM some maps for you.

Hello

It would be soldiers of the 1st. Canadian Army, and the period is August - September 1944.

Hello all

I have over a peirod of time tried to identify the different types of Flaktowers in Berlin, Hamburg and Vienna.

In periodic photos it is not always easy to determine the excact types from each others, and thereby with certanty say if it is the one from the other.

Here i have tried to determine which types were build. It is models of the different types showing the types and which differences there is - in:

Berlin: Humboldthain, Friedrichshain and Tiergarten ( Zoo )

Hamburg: Heiligengeistfeld, Wilhelmsburg

Vienna: Augarten, Arenbergpark, Esterhazypark / Stiftskaserne

I have several periodic pictures, and if any of you have pictures, please show them here.

If any have comments / corrections to the listing of photos, i am most interested in further information on this topic.

Please see: http://community.webshots.com/user/kstdk16

Feel free to comment and add to this topic.

Hello Darrel

There were several "Lines" in Italy where the Panther Turrets were mounted.

http://www.gothicline.org/inglese/offensiva/offensiva.htm

http://members.tripod.com/~aries46/gemmoliv.htm

http://www.gothic-line.com/

The attack on the Panther Turret you are talking about - "could" have been this one, See picture attached ??

Next Drawing:

OT-Stahlunterstand mit Aufgesteztem Pantherturm.

Hello all

Also see:

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php...ght=pantherturm

And see attached drawing here:

Hello all

Another Drawing of the "OT-Stahlunterstand f?r Panther Turm"

Hello all

Try also this link:

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php...ght=pantherturm

Use the "search" facility, and look for more info - there is a lot of topics about fortifications, and tank turrets used as fortification.