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
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
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
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
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
Wn121 Malervilla Wissant le Typhonium, K.V.Group Wissant
StP180 Schwarztal, Noirbernes another E batterie.
Geoportail
Wn121 Malervilla Wissant le Typhonium, K.V.Group Wissant
Wn208 Grabelweihe, Pointe aux Oies E. Bttr 713.
Wn121 Malervilla Wissant le Typhonium, K.V.Group Wissant
StP89 Fulda, Calais Nieulay E.Bttr.710
Air 20/9542
Wn121 Malervilla Wissant le Typhonium, K.V.Group Wissant
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