Wn305 Plage du Hameau Benet
Anse Sainte-Martin is a north facing shelving sandy beach. Not at all ideal for a full scale landing, but ideal for a small raiding party. The Atlantikwall had to be built from Norway to the Spanish border and here was no exception. A small Widerstandsnest was placed in the centre of the bay.
Wn305 Plage du Hameau Benet
I do feel there is a spelling mistake and that this is Hameau Renet I may be wrong?
Wn305 Plage du Hameau Benet
1 x SK/Schartenstand for MG.
1 x Vf58c Tobruk.
1 x Nr1694 ringstand.
1 x 5cm KwK L/42.
1 x Widerstandsnest.
Nr1694 ringstand.
5cm KwK L/42.
Pilz type SK/Schartenstand for MG.
Wn305 Plage du Hameau Benet
This is a reconnaissance photo taken on the 24 July 1943 targeting the Jobourg radar station. Hameau Benet/Renet.
The type of camera that would have taken the main picture.
Wn305 Plage du Hameau Benet
Red area
Tactical targets in this area showing how many radar and gun sites were in the area..
Freya radar.
Flak.
Railway guns.
Wn305 Plage du Hameau Benet
Mine Fields were laid out along the bay. .MF.20 covers the Wn305 defence and MF.21 the rest of the beach.
S mine box.
Wn305 Plage du Hameau Benet
'Anse De ST. Martin, Beach of shingle with some low water sand. At Port Racine (X on the photo) the shingle is poorly sorted with some boulders up to 1 foot in diameter. Similar material probable on main beach'. .It just shows the detail of allied intelligence of the area.
Beach - 45 Anse de St Martin.
Sortie No.s 221, 223, 213, 227, 228,238.
D-Day planner Maj Wheeler.
Wn305 Plage du Hameau Benet
Widerstandsnest laid out along the beach.
Wn305 Plage du Hameau Benet
Tobruk
Vf58c Tobruk.
Vf58c Plan.
Wn305 Plage du Hameau Benet
Tobruk
Vf58c Tobruk.
Wn305 Plage du Hameau Benet
Tobruk
Vf58c Tobruk.
details
Wn305 Plage du Hameau Benet
Tobruk
Vf58c Tobruk.
Machine gun fitting.
Wn305 Plage du Hameau Benet
Part maybe of the defence at one time.
There was a also a Wellblech shelter here somewhere. This may have been part of one??
Wellblech shelter.
Wn305 Plage du Hameau Benet
Nr1694 ringstand 5cm L/42
Nr1694 ringstand for a 5cm KwK L/42 Pak. This gun could fire in a 360°.
5cm L/42 Pak.
Nr1694 ringstand.
Wn305 Plage du Hameau Benet
Nr1694 ringstand 5cm L/42
A trench would come in from behind and then you had to step up into the ringstand.
Trench entry.
Wn305 Plage du Hameau Benet
Nr1694 ringstand 5cm L/42
Wn305 Plage du Hameau Benet
Nr1694 ringstand 5cm L/42
Ammunition niches set around the inner walls.
Wn305 Plage du Hameau Benet
Nr1694 ringstand 5cm L/42
View of the gunner.
Wn305 Plage du Hameau Benet
Nr1694 ringstand 5cm L/42
Wn305 Plage du Hameau Benet
SK
/Schartenstand for MG
Wn305 Plage du Hameau Benet
SK
/Schartenstand for MG
SK - Sonder Konstruktion - Special construction
Wn305 Plage du Hameau Benet
SK
/Schartenstand for MG
Wn305 Plage du Hameau Benet
SK
/Schartenstand for MG
Cable inlets for a field telephone.
Bunker phone.
Wehrmachtfeldfernsprecher FF33 1935 original feldtelefon bakelit.
Wn305 Plage du Hameau Benet
SK
/Schartenstand for MG
Piltz bunker.
Wn305 Plage du Hameau Benet
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