Cap d'Antifer Phare, Station Kriegsmarine,

RADAR · K.V.Gruppe Etretat · AOK 15 Haute-Normandie · France

Station Kriegsmarine, Cap d'Antifer Phare

Position Kriegsmarine. 300feet up a steep cliff and in front of the lighthouse, was a German Naval radar set. Two radars I believe working together to glean the details of allied aircraft flying in and out of France. Radar is a very complicated subject and there are batter people than me to explain the subject.

Würzburg
(Marine: FuMO 214) radar. — Würzburg (Marine: FuMO 214) radar.

Station Kriegsmarine, Cap d'Antifer Phare

Phare.

Station Kriegsmarine, Cap d'Antifer Phare

Phare La Poterie, Cap d'Antifer Pre war.

Station Kriegsmarine, Cap d'Antifer Phare

Station Kriegsmarine, 3./2.Funkmess-Abtielung. Translated (Radio Measurement Department).
1 - Radar rectangular.
2 - Pose d'abservatoir.
3 - Radar Parabolique.
1 x Fu.MG Seetakt Gema FuMO 2 / Calais B / 368MHz / 8 kW / 16to20 km radar.
1 x 2cm Flak 28.
1 x V229base for a FuSE Würzburg (Marine: FuMO 214) radar.
2 x 95mm 1888-04 Mle (f) guns.
They may have been there in 1944?

Plan

Würzburg
(Marine: FuMO 214) — Würzburg (Marine: FuMO 214)

Station Kriegsmarine, Cap d'Antifer Phare

Radars in this area of Normandy.
Die010 Mont Robin"Dickhâuter" , StP Gruppe Dieppe, KVA E2.
FuMG "Fliege", StP.Gruppe St Valéry en Caux, K.V.A. 'E2', Haute-Normandie.
Ca10 Vaudricourt, "Skorpion" StP.Gruppe Cayeux, K.V.A. 'E1', Picardy.

Map

Station Kriegsmarine, Cap d'Antifer Phare

The (new) Phare from inland looking roughly north.

18 March 2024

03 February 2023

Station Kriegsmarine, Cap d'Antifer Phare

A plinth of some form.

18 March 2024

Station Kriegsmarine, Cap d'Antifer Phare

Aerial socket post WW2 French..

18 March 2024

Station Kriegsmarine, Cap d'Antifer Phare

A V229 socket for a Würzburg radar.

Air 40/1663

Spitfire fitted with cameras for Photo reconnaissance.

Station Kriegsmarine, Cap d'Antifer Phare

A V229 socket for a Würzburg radar.

18 March 2024

Station Kriegsmarine, Cap d'Antifer Phare

A V229 socket for a Würzburg radar.

Air 40/1663

Station Kriegsmarine, Cap d'Antifer Phare

A V229 socket for a Würzburg radar.

18 March 2024

Station Kriegsmarine, Cap d'Antifer Phare

A V229 socket for a Würzburg radar also foundations for a small hut?.

18 March 2024

Station Kriegsmarine, Cap d'Antifer Phare

Air 40/1663

Station Kriegsmarine, Cap d'Antifer Phare

These two foundations with rings of bolts are for pre WW1, 95mm Mle 1888-04 (f) guns. These guns were often mounted in front of Sémaphore or lighthouses along the French coast.

18 March 2024

Station Kriegsmarine, Cap d'Antifer Phare

95mm Mle 1888-04 (f) guns.

18 March 2024

Station Kriegsmarine, Cap d'Antifer Phare

I believe this maybe the socket for the Fu.MG Seetakt Gema FuMO 2 / Calais B / 368MHz / 8 kW / 16to20 km radar.

18 March 2024

Station Kriegsmarine, Cap d'Antifer Phare

Fu.MG Seetakt Gema FuMO 2 / Calais B / 368MHz / 8 kW / 16to20 km radar.

Air 20/1643

Station Kriegsmarine, Cap d'Antifer Phare

Observation & defence post. Lookouts here would have watch out for commando attacks which happened early in the war, quite frequently. The cliffs were mined and large shells were hung down on ropes, with electrical firring mechanisms. Flame throwers electrically fired. Roll bombs. Barbed wire & a n anti-tank ditch.

18 March 2024