Wn121 'Malervilla' Wissant le Typhonium Peilstand

WN · K.V.Gruppe Wissant · AOK 15 Nord Pas de Calais · France

Wn121 Malervilla Wissant le Typhonium, K.V.Group Wissant

Stab E.Art.Abt.702.
3 x Peilstand/SK (Fire Control Post).
1 x R502 twin Gruppe shelter.
7 x Vf2a Gruppe shelter.
2 x Vf2a 'D' small twin group shelter.
1 x Vf5b anti-tank gun garage.
6 x Vf58c Tobruk.
1 x Wasser cisterns.
1 x R630 machine gun casemate.
1 x Vf garage.
1 x 5cm L/42 Ringstand.
1 x 4.2cm Pak41 A/T gun. + Wn120a Sauerland Wissant la Motte au Vent.
1 x R600 for a 5cm KwK L/60 Pak.
1 x R637 measuring post for coastal artillery.
1 x R613 artillery observation post.
1 x Vf bunker.
1 x 5cm KwK L/60.

Wn121 Malervilla Wissant le Typhonium, K.V.Group Wissant

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Wn121 Malervilla Wissant le Typhonium, K.V.Group Wissant

Plan of the area. Red ---- Trenches. Blue ---- Minefield. Yellow -- Look like entrances to bunkers. B -------- Bunkers.

Geoportail 1946

Wn120a Sauerland
R600 5cm KwK L/60 Pak. — Wn120a Sauerland R600 5cm KwK L/60 Pak.

Wn120a Sauerland
R637 measuring post for coastal artillery. — Wn120a Sauerland R637 measuring post for coastal artillery.

Wn120a Sauerland
R613 artillery observation post. — Wn120a Sauerland R613 artillery observation post.

Wn121 Malervilla Wissant le Typhonium, K.V.Group Wissant

The Typhonium, Egyptian style villa built in Wissant (1891) a very prominent house sat on a small hill overlooking the English Channel and converted easily to an early fire control post for railway guns in the area. Stab E.Art.Abt.702. E = Eisenbahn, railway guns. There were many railway guns that were moved down out of Germany to cover the attack on England in Operation Seelöwe in 1940. This obviously did not happen but the guns could control the channel and hit the Dover area. This post possibly controlled any of the inland Eisenbahn batteries. Also many French guns railway guns were added as the war went on.

18 May 2018

I was given this picture but I think it originated in Alain Chazette Atlantikwall book. So I will only use the picture as a small image.

RK12m optic mostly used on heavy batteries and railway guns. Photo taken in Guernsey. Thanks CL.

Optic mostly used on heavy batteries and railway guns. Photo taken in Guernsey. Thanks CL.

Wn121 Malervilla Wissant le Typhonium, K.V.Group Wissant

A lovely villa. The whole area was covered in bunkers and trench systems and a minefield ran around the south and west side. The house would have made a very nice HQ for officers billets.

18 May 2018

Wn121 Malervilla Wissant le Typhonium, K.V.Group Wissant

Railway guns were very vulnerable to bombing, so they could either be kept in a railway tunnel, a tunnel especially bade for them or a concrete protective bunker.

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Wn121 Malervilla Wissant le Typhonium, K.V.Group Wissant

The Typhonium, Egyptian style villa built in Wissant (1891) for the painters Adrien Demont and Virginie Demont-Breton.

18 May 2018

Jeune Pêcheur by Virginie Demont-Breton.

LADY ON BEACH MENDING FISHING NET , 1899

Wn121 Malervilla Wissant le Typhonium, K.V.Group Wissant

The Typhonium, Egyptian style villa built in Wissant (1891) for the painters Adrien Demont and Virginie Demont-Breton.

With thanks to StP Leo

Wn121 Malervilla Wissant le Typhonium, K.V.Group Wissant

The picture was taken by a Spitfire MkIV from RAF Benson.

Air 20/9542 542Sqdn 13 June 1943

Wn121 Malervilla Wissant le Typhonium, K.V.Group Wissant

The next few photos were kindly sent to me from Leo of bunkers that are around the house and grounds.. The entrance to a bunker. Several Eisenpfahel barbed wire posts. Dig a small hole. Place in the Eisenpfahel. Refill the hole with earth and stamp it down and you have a very good barbed wire post. Turn it upside down, hit it into the ground and you have a flat surface to place a light on to help navigate at night.

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Wn121 Malervilla Wissant le Typhonium, K.V.Group Wissant

Room in a bunker.

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Wn121 Malervilla Wissant le Typhonium, K.V.Group Wissant

Measuring observation post, there were at least three in the grounds.

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Wn121 Malervilla Wissant le Typhonium, K.V.Group Wissant

A lovely Tobruk with the shelf still in place.

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Wn121 Malervilla Wissant le Typhonium, K.V.Group Wissant

A trench running up to what looks like a Tobruk.

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Wn121 Malervilla Wissant le Typhonium, K.V.Group Wissant

A damaged bunker it may be a Vf2a.

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Wn121 Malervilla Wissant le Typhonium, K.V.Group Wissant

Several entrances and an internal picture..

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Wn121 Malervilla Wissant le Typhonium, K.V.Group Wissant

This is a photo reconnaissance photo showing what they have found, a two gun batterie of railway guns. I cannot find any information of this batterie at all. There seems to be no markings on the German maps of the area.

Air 20/9542

A. - Cruciform emplacement.
B - Turntable.
C. - Railway yard.
D. Turntable under construction. — A. - Cruciform emplacement. B - Turntable. C. - Railway yard. D. Turntable under construction.

Wn121 Malervilla Wissant le Typhonium, K.V.Group Wissant

This is a map made of the batterie site to show Allied bombers and Fighters a target to bomb/shoot up. There seems to be no markings on the German maps of the area.

Air 20/9542