Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.
image

Information

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.

Details

1 x R612 casemate.
1 x Vf/Schartenstand.
3 x Vf51a half group shelter.
1 x Vf7c ammunition bunker.
2 x R600b Ringstand fr a 5cm KwK.
1 x Vf/Pakstand.
2 x 5cm KwK.
1 x 4.7cm Pak181(f).
1 x 7.5cm F.K.235(b)
1 x Luftschutz bunker (Air-raid bunker).

image

R612 casemate for an assault gun 7.5cm F.K235(b).

image

A 7.5cm F.K235(b).

image

R600b Ringstand for a 5cm KwK gun.

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.

Google

Information

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.

Details

Mers les Bains on the north bank of the river la Bassée.

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage. image

21 February 2014

Information

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.

Details

Tre01 is from the pier to the start of the low cliffs.

image

Le Tréport docks.

image

Le Tréport docks.

image

5cm KwK.

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage. image

21 February 2014

Information

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.

Details

An early photo.

image

 

image

 

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage. image

21 February 2014

Information

The lovely sea front houses luckily still in place.

Details

 

image

The German sea wall made of concrete and painted to look like bricks.

image

 

image

 

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage. image

21 February 2014

Information

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.

Details

The sea wall.

image

This could be the site of where the bunker stood and it must have been removed in the 50's..

image

Sea wall with a bunker to the left.

image

The bunker to the left.

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage. image

Google

Information

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.

Details

Luftschult bunker.

image

Arm band.

image

 

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage. image

APRIM

Information

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.

Details

Luftschult bunker.
Thank you to Peter for this information.

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage. imageimage

21 February 2014 --------------------------------------------------------- 18 June 1945

Information

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.

Details

R612 casemate can just be seen with the flanking wall behind the man. Barbed wire beach defences still in place.
View south west along the beach and sea-wall.

(4041/82 S.E./462825).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9 USAAF 18 June 1945 taken from 2000ft.

image

R612 casemate plan.

image

R612 casemate MKB Bunkertour.

image

R612 casemate with a 7.5cm F.K.235(b).

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage. image

APRIM

Information

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.

Details

MG bunkers.

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage. image

21 February 2014

Information

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.

Details

Possibly the Vf/Schartenstand or machine gun pillbox.
Two or three machine guns would have covered the beach area.

image

 

image

 

image

 

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage. image

21 February 2014

Information

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.

Details

Possibly the Vf/Schartenstand or machine gun pillbox.
A good use of camouflage.

image

The anti-tank rails set into the ground.

image

Anti-tank obstacles.

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage. image

21 February 2014

Information

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.

Details

Possibly the Vf/Schartenstand or machine gun pillbox.

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage. image

21 February 2014

Information

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.

Details

Possibly the Vf/Schartenstand or machine gun pillbox.

image

 

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage. imageimage

21 February 2014 ------------------------------------------------------ 07 June 1945

Information

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.

Details

 

View north east.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Close up of ramped exit from beach. showing embedded steel anti-tank obstacles.
(4041/82 S.E./462825).

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage. image

21 February 2014

Information

Wn Tre01, Mers les Bains ville et plage.

Details