Batterie Grainval

BATTERIE · K.V.Gruppe Fécamp · AOK 15 Haute-Normandie · France

Batterie Grainval

A batterie of six 15.5cm guns, started early in the war and by about 1943 it looks as though they had all been moved. Usually due to very heavy bombing which brought on the order to casemate batteries in 1943. There were no casemates built here for the guns and I am not sure what happened to them.

Batterie Grainval

3./H.K.A.A.799.

1 x Leitstand on the coast.

6 x 15.5cm guns in open emplacements (Geschützstellung).

Several ammunition bunkers.

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Batterie Grainval

Vf Leitstand. Right out on the cliff edge is the Vf Leitstand, it could have been built for the batterie to direct its fire.

04 March 2012

Batterie Grainval

Vf Leitstand. There seems to be quite a lot of trenches running around the area.

IGNF 30/09/1944

Batterie Grainval

Vf Leitstand. A closer look at it from a long way away.

04 March 2012

Batterie Grainval

Batterie positions. Six Geschützstellung laid out in a U shape and below in the valley are the ammunition bunkers.

04 March 2012

Batterie Grainval

A Geschützstellung under construction early in the war.

AIR 14/1215 Enemy batteries - coastal illustrations

Batterie Grainval

Severe bombing. You can see from this 1947 air photo, the severe bombing that some of these batteries took when not in casemates.

IGNF 15/09/1947

Batterie Grainval

Just part of a picture showing heavy bombing in the Le Havre area. This increased into 1944 as more daylight raids could be carried out and getting much better accuracy.

AIR 14-3676 - War Album 1944 Vol VI - 01 Le Havre

Batterie Grainval

Ammunition on the road in to Grainval.

04 March 2012

Batterie Grainval

Ammunition on the road in to Grainval.

04 March 2012

Batterie Grainval

Badly damaged emplacement.

Air 14/1215