StP' Luise', Grand Fort Phillipe (ouest)
WN · K.V.A. B Dunquerque Freie Küste S/W · AOK 15 Nord Pas de Calais · France
StP Luise, Grand Fort Philippe (ouest).
1 x R612Casemate.
1 x R134 Ammunition bunker.
3 x Vf2a Group shelter.
2 x Vf58c. (Vf8?). Tobruk.
1 x Wasser Bunker.
1 x Pak stand.
3 x field bunkers.
1 x 7.5cm F.K. Field Kannon.
1 x 3.7cm Pak 35/36 Anti-tank gun.
StP Luise, Grand Fort Philippe (ouest).
Just on the western edge of Grand Fort Philippe covering its seaward entrance.
StP StP Luise, Grand Fort Philippe (ouest).
A 1947 photo StP Louise and all its bunkers showing up very well.
1946
StP Luise, Grand Fort Philippe (ouest).
Sitting on the top of a dyke overlooking salt flats covering the harbour entrance. A Pak gun garage, two gun bunkers & ammunition and accommodation bunkers.
StP Luise, Grand Fort Philippe (ouest).
This is probably my favorite site I have visited
I was here in 2005 and have never been back mores the pity.
StP Luise, Grand Fort Philippe (ouest).
26 February 2005
StP Luise, Grand Fort Philippe (ouest).
R612 casemate for an assault gun
The rear door of this H612 covering the waterway.
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StP Luise, Grand Fort Philippe (ouest).
R612 showing the embrasure.
Two ammunition niches either side.
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StP Luise, Grand Fort Philippe (ouest).
Shooting Table
Shooting Table Dirk Peeters
StP Luise, Grand Fort Philippe (ouest).
R612 showing the embrasure
Nice camouflage.
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StP Luise, Grand Fort Philippe (ouest).
R612 casemate
Casemate showing off its flanking wall and large rear hips.
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StP Luise, Grand Fort Philippe (ouest).
Part of the original Farm?
The bricks may have been part of the old farm and pieces of defence work added to it.
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StP Luise, Grand Fort Philippe (ouest).
R134 ammunition bunker with extra pieces of concrete added to the rear blast wall to hold back earthen banks. Possibly entering a trench system.
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StP Luise, Grand Fort Philippe (ouest).
R134 ammunition bunker
The passage way.
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StP Luise, Grand Fort Philippe (ouest).
R134 ammunition bunker
Inside one of the two ammunition rooms.
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StP Luise, Grand Fort Philippe (ouest).
Tobruk defence
One of the two Vf58c (but could be a Vf8) defence Tobruk's on this site. It is linked to a Vf2 personnel bunker by a covered trench.
26 February 2005
StP Luise, Grand Fort Philippe (ouest).
Tobruk defence
One of the two Vf58c (but could be a Vf8) defence Tobruk's on this site. It is linked to a Vf2 personnel bunker by a covered trench.
StP Luise, Grand Fort Philippe (ouest).
Vf2a bunker
Entrance into the three Vf2a personnel bunker in the distance.
To the left is a well head and there is also a protected water bunker. The wall is all that remains of a hut of some sort.
26 February 2005
StP Luise, Grand Fort Philippe (ouest).
Vf2a personnel bunker also showing the escape hatch
The escape from the bunker.
26 February 2005
StP Luise, Grand Fort Philippe (ouest).
3.7cm Pak gun garage and firing point.
26 February 2005
StP Luise, Grand Fort Philippe (ouest).
3.7cm Pak gun garage and firing point
The gun could be trundled up the slope onto the firing point.
26 February 2005
StP Luise, Grand Fort Philippe (ouest).
3.7cm Pak gun garage
A very small garage.
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StP Luise, Grand Fort Philippe (ouest).
Vf casemate.
I am not sure which gun would have been placed here. Its a lovely designed bunker but why it was built ? Well it could be that the local commander needed another gun bunker and Todt or Rad could not cope. So maybe the local army commander and either his staff (soldiers) or a local builder-built it? Well that's the theory.
26 February 2005
StP Luise, Grand Fort Philippe (ouest).
Vf casemate
Trench.
26 February 2005
StP Luise, Grand Fort Philippe (ouest).
Vf casemate gun room
Gun room may have had another field gun in here.
26 February 2005
StP Luise, Grand Fort Philippe (ouest).
Vf casemate gun room
The half round marks in the concrete are for the gun trails to sit in so that when the gun fires it doesn't jump backwards. And ammunition spaces set into the sides.
26 February 2005
StP Luise, Grand Fort Philippe (ouest).
Vf casemate Tobruk
Local defence Tobruk set into the bunkers right corner.
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StP StP Luise, Grand Fort Philippe (ouest).
Vf casemate Tobruk
One or two men would use this space to defend the casemate.
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StP Luise, Grand Fort Philippe (ouest).
Gravelines Mole Harbour Entrance
The view across the salt flats to the harbour entrance.
26 February 2005
StP Luise, Grand Fort Philippe (ouest).
A nice picture showing what look like large bomb craters.
StP StP Luise, Grand Fort Philippe (ouest).
RAF Lancaster
26 February 2005