Ca039 Ferme de la Caroline, Hourdel
StP Gruppe Cayeux · AOK 15 Haute-Normandie · France
Ca39 Hourdel Ferme de la Caroline
2 x R668 small nine man bunkers.
Ca39 Hourdel Ferme de la Caroline
Ca39 Hourdel Ferme de la Caroline
Showing where in the farm these two bunkers are.
Ca39 Hourdel Ferme de la Caroline
The farmyard from the road. One bunker can be seen just to the left of the silo.
24 February 2014
Ca39 Hourdel Ferme de la Caroline
The track to the farm.
22 October 2014
Ca39 Hourdel Ferme de la Caroline
The old farm house.
The bunkers were made to look like farm buildings with added roofs.
22 October 2014
Ca39 Hourdel Ferme de la Caroline
The first R668.
Now covered in undergrowth we could not find the entrance.
22 October 2014
Ca39 Hourdel Ferme de la Caroline
Another view of the first R668. The camouflage roof has a very high peak.
22 October 2014
Ca39 Hourdel Ferme de la Caroline
22 October 2014
Ca39 Hourdel Ferme de la Caroline
The second R668. This one is accessible via the escape tunnel.
22 October 2014
Ca39 Hourdel Ferme de la Caroline
The second R668. Looking into the escape tunnel. Set into the slots would be about ten shutters (picture below), behind them (outside) the tunnel was filled with gravel.
22 October 2014
Ca39 Hourdel Ferme de la Caroline
Escape tunnel looking out from the crew room.
22 October 2014
Ca39 Hourdel Ferme de la Caroline
Crew room for nine men.
The piece of metal on the floor is the escape hatch door.
This must have been a very cramped place with six men in here and all their kit.
22 October 2014
Ca39 Hourdel Ferme de la Caroline
Bunk fittings on the wall.
22 October 2014
Ca39 Hourdel Ferme de la Caroline
Bunk fittings in the roof.
22 October 2014
Ca39 Hourdel Ferme de la Caroline
The door to the gas lock.
22 October 2014
Ca39 Hourdel Ferme de la Caroline
Entrance may have had a 491P2 Gittertur gate closing it off.
22 October 2014
Ca39 Hourdel Ferme de la Caroline
Looking into he entrance.
22 October 2014
Ca39 Hourdel Ferme de la Caroline
22 October 2014
Ca39 Hourdel Ferme de la Caroline
Plan of the R668 at Ca39 from @MKB Bunkertour.
Plan Kurt
Ca39 Hourdel Ferme de la Caroline
Eisenpfahel barbed wire fence stake.
There were quite a few dumped here.
22 October 2014
Ca39 Hourdel Ferme de la Caroline
22 October 2014