Wn349 Auderville la Roche, Luftwaffe station "Ammer"
13./Luft.Nachr.Rgt.53
6 x Unterstands.
1 x SK/Nachrichten (FA Auswertung [evaluation]).
2 x V229.
4 x Flackstellung.
1 x L409A.
1 x L410A.
4 x R622
2 x Wurzburg Riese Fu.SE 65.
1 x NrM16 et N58.
1 x Freya Fu.MG 401 Nr 1840.
1 x Freya Fu.MG 450 Nr 143.
1 x Garage.
1 x FA Generator building.
Some other odd buildings still remaining.
L409A 3.7cm Flak position.
Wurzburg Riese Fu.SE 65.
Freya Fu.MG 401 Nr 1840.
Freya Fu.MG 450 Nr 143.
Wn349 Auderville la Roche, Luftwaffe station "Ammer"
This is the start of "Ammer" the first L410A Flak bunker.
1940 and the Luftwaffe may have found this area a good spot for its radars..
This is an interesting picture, taken in 12-08-1940 Target VI/4 Cap De La Hague/Auderville (neg No.5997). This was August 1940 two months after the British were removed from France and the French Government surrendered to the very victorious German Army. The Germans set something here possibly a new type of radar unknown the the RAF and needed watching.
12-08-1940 Target VI/4 Cap De La Hague/Auderville (neg No.5997)
This is the target today next to the Generator house.
Wn349 Auderville la Roche, Luftwaffe station "Ammer".
American Marauder medium bombers carpet bombing the battery of Wn349 Auderville la Roche, Luftwaffe station "Ammer".. Completely missing the radar site.
The picture shows a Marauder with D-Day stripes on its wings, so this picture must be post D-day as the stripes were painted on no earlier than the 4/5 June.
Marauder.
Marauder.
A control tower at an American airfield in England.
Wn349 Auderville la Roche, Luftwaffe station "Ammer".
A closer look at Wn349. Most of the buildings still remain to be found. The very large FA Auswertung (Evaluation) building surprisingly still complete.
FA Auswertung (Evaluation).
R622 twin gruppe bunker.
L409A flak bunker.
Wn349 Auderville la Roche, Luftwaffe station "Ammer".
This is the plan today and all can be found (the FA MG Stand I have not looked for yet). On the target maps it shows where the Freyas were.
V229 radar socket.
Wurzburg Riese Fu.SE 65.
V229 socket for the Wurzburg.
Target File XII/48.
Showing the sites of the two Giant Wurzburg and also the Freyas.
PRU Spitfire.
Cameras being fitted.
RAF Medmenham WAAF interpreters at work.
Target File XII/48 air photo.
This is showing where the main radar targets are.
Flak crew..
Guard.
Technical troops relaxing.
Target File XII/48 Rhubarb Operation, Cap de la Hague/Auderville. (Airport Reporting Station)..
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L410A Emplacement for a 3.7cm Flak.
Now part of the house owners garden
Plan.
L410A Emplacement for a 3.7cm Flak.
Underneath is a large bunker with two crew rooms, NCO's room, ventilation, ammunition, two entrances with gas locks and a close combat defence room. On the top a 3.7cm Flak gun. Around the emplacement are four ready ammunition niches.
L410A Plan.
L410A Plan.
3.7cm Flak 36 gun.
Plan.
L410A Emplacement for a 3.7cm Flak.
This is where the gun sat and these are the tie downs to bolt the guns chassis to the concrete.
L410A Plan.
Ammunition handling..
3.7cm Flak 36 gun.
Wurzburg Riese Fu.SE 65 V229 socket..
Wurzburg Riese Fu.SE 65.
Wurzburg Riese Fu.SE 65 kabin on the rear.
Inside the kabin.
Garage.
What this garage was used for I have no idea. It could have been for the commanding officers Kubelwagen??
Kubelwagen.
Plan.
Garage.
FA Generator house.
A locally built stone and brick with the usual low pitched roof.
FA Generator house.
Rear with an entrance and windows.
8kw generator.
FA Generator house.
Screw picket for barbed wire defence.
Barbed wire defence.
FA Generator house.
Front and the entrances.
FA Generator house.
Inside the main room.
A generator room.
FA Generator house.
Something lower down the hill.
Plan.
I am unsure what this shed is.
It dose have an inscription on its wall.
Plan.
Plaque on the wall.
204 —— 1943
R622 twin gruppe bunker.
15 to 18 man bunker. Living accommodation for the troops in safety from bombing.
R622 twin gruppe bunker.
Bunker beds.
Eating inside a bunker.
Plan.
L409A Emplacement for a 3.7cm Flak gun.
Inside a crew room, ammunition, store room and gas lock.
Plan.
Plan.
3.7cm Flak 36 gun..
R622 twin gruppe bunker.
Vf building of some sort.
Two small buildings at the bottom of the hill.
The field with the two huts in.
Plan.
Two small buildings at the bottom of the hill.
The first visited.
Plan.
Two small buildings at the bottom of the hill.
The first inside with a sloping roof and made of concrete.
Two small buildings at the bottom of the hill.
The second building. It was quite a squeeze through the door??? why so narrow.
Plan.
Two small buildings at the bottom of the hill.
The second inside showing its poor quality of build.
Two small buildings at the bottom of the hill.
The second inside with very small windows.
One of the R622's up the hill.
R622 plan.
SK/Nachrichten (FA Auswertung [evaluation]).
A very large building a reinforced structure but by no means bomb proof.
SK/Nachrichten (FA Auswertung [evaluation]) — Barracks.
Auswertung (g) translates to ''Evaluation''.
Nachrichten (g) translates to ''News''.
Now this is MY opinion and mine only.
This is a barracks building, maybe not for sleeping in but offices, canteen and kitchen. I have seen this type of building at StP235 Carneville Osteck Luftwaffe Station "Taussendfussler" has one like this.
Plan of an H43 building from www.gyges.dk. The plan is almost the same as the FA here.
Plan of the barracks at StP235 Carneville Osteck.
SK/Nachrichten (FA Auswertung [evaluation]) — Barracks.
End wall and main entrance.
This is my plan of the building from memory.
SK/Nachrichten (FA Auswertung [evaluation]) — Barracks.
The quite grand entrance. Its built in local brick and has a reinforced concrete roof.
Plan.
SK/Nachrichten (FA Auswertung [evaluation]) — Barracks.
First room on the right.
Plan.
SK/Nachrichten (FA Auswertung [evaluation]) — Barracks.
Plan.
SK/Nachrichten (FA Auswertung [evaluation]) — Barracks.
The opposite side.
Plan.
Stores.
Stores.
SK/Nachrichten (FA Auswertung [evaluation]) — Barracks.
Working our way along the corridor the building opens up and a large chimney. This I think would have a cooking range and the slotted window on the right a serving hatch.
Cooking range.
Peeling potatoes.
SK/Nachrichten (FA Auswertung [evaluation]) — Barracks.
The other side where the cookers chimneys went into the main chimney.
Bread making.
SK/Nachrichten (FA Auswertung [evaluation]) — Barracks.
Showing the concrete roof and a row of wooden inserts to carry an electric cable.
SK/Nachrichten (FA Auswertung [evaluation]) — Barracks.
We found parts for Renault 4's and Citroen 2CV's and many more bits.
Renault 4.
2CV van.
SK/Nachrichten (FA Auswertung [evaluation]) — Barracks.
Blocked windows.
SK/Nachrichten (FA Auswertung [evaluation]) — Barracks.
Canteen area. A very large eating area.
Plan.
Officers eating.
SK/Nachrichten (FA Auswertung [evaluation]) — Barracks.
Canteen area. A very large eating area.
Plan.
SK/Nachrichten (FA Auswertung [evaluation]) — Barracks.
Canteen area. A very large eating area.
Plan.
SK/Nachrichten (FA Auswertung [evaluation]) — Barracks.
Washing up sink made of concrete.
Plan.
SK/Nachrichten (FA Auswertung [evaluation]) — Barracks.
Washing up sink made of concrete.
SK/Nachrichten (FA Auswertung [evaluation]) — Barracks.
Washing up sink made of concrete.
SK/Nachrichten (FA Auswertung [evaluation]) — Barracks.
Way out.
Plan.
SK/Nachrichten (FA Auswertung [evaluation]) — Barracks.
Windows down the the side.
SK/Nachrichten (FA Auswertung [evaluation]) — Barracks.
Not sure what this chute is for??
SK/Nachrichten (FA Auswertung [evaluation]) — Barracks.
Looking into the kitchen.
Wn349 Auderville la Roche, Luftwaffe station "Ammer".
Water reservoir.
Wn349 Auderville la Roche, Luftwaffe station "Ammer".
The reason I did not find the R622 is because its behind these cows.
Wn349 Auderville la Roche, Luftwaffe station "Ammer".
Rain over Alderney.