Lo361 Gâvres Flak Batterie 'Melsungen'

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Lo361 Gâvres Flak Batterie 'Melsungen'

Lo361 Gâvres Battery 'Melsungen'

Flak Batterie 'Melsungen'. 2./Ma.Fl.Abt.704.
' 10.5cm S. K. C/32.
The type of gun that was used here. Designed as a ships gun and used extensively on most large ships to U-boats and flak ships..

Flak ship.

Ships main gun.

U-boat gun.

Lo361 Gâvres Battery 'Melsungen'

Lo361 Gâvres Battery 'Melsungen'

Now a camping site, there are lots of bits and pieces all over the field.

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Camping Municipal Les Joncs.

Lo361 Gâvres Battery 'Melsungen'

Lo361 Gâvres Battery 'Melsungen'

USAAF B17 bombers attacking Lorient U-boat pens.

USAAF

B17 Flying Fortress.

Waist gunner.

Radio operator.

Lo361 Gâvres Battery 'Melsungen'

Lo361 Gâvres Battery 'Melsungen'

StP Gâvres is made up of four Wn's, L0335 a battery of four casemates. Lo361 a Flak battery covering Lorient. Lo362 an old French fort and Lo112 a defence site for the town.

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Lo361 Gâvres Battery 'Melsungen'

Lo361 Gâvres Battery 'Melsungen'

A 1950's air photo.

Geoportail

Lo361 Gâvres Battery 'Melsungen'

Lo361 Gâvres Battery 'Melsungen'

The Battery layout.

1 x Fl243b.

3 x Flakstellung.

3 x Vf58c Tobruk's.

2 x 2cm Flak 28.

1 x Fu.MO 213.

4 x 10.5cm S.K C/32.

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Heavy flak.

Emergency.

Crew firing the gun.

Lo361 Gâvres Battery 'Melsungen'

Lo361 Gâvres Battery 'Melsungen'

Ringstand for a 10.5cm SK C/32 flak gun a gun one of four here and used a Fu.Mo 213 radar to direct them on target.

17 October 2006

10.5cm SK C/32 flak gun.

Fu.Mo 213 an AA gunnery radar here to direct the 10.5cm AA guns with a range of 40-60Km range using 560MHz frequency.

A radar screen the type that may have been used here.

Lo361 Gâvres Battery 'Melsungen'

Lo361 Gâvres Battery 'Melsungen'

Flakstellung for a 10.5cm SK C/32 flak gun.

17 October 2006

10.5cm SK C/32 flak gun showing the mounting just like the one above?