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Set in sand dunes at the rear of Stella Plage a batterie of 15.5cm Field Howitzers. Their job was to cover the beach area to he south of Stella Plage.

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15.5cm s.F.H.414(f) Field Howitzers.

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Avenue De Menton.

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Batterie 8./A.R.149.
4 x Geschützstellung.
2 x R669 casemates.
1 x Wellblech shelter.
2 x Field shelters.
2 x 2cm Flak 30.
4 x 15.5cm s.F.H.414(f).
The yellow square is a Wellblech shelter.
The large building was built after the war and has now been completely removed and a new housing estate fills the space.

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15.5cm s.F.H.414(f).

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15.5cm s.F.H.414(f).

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Turm 1 & 2.
2 x R669 casemates for field howitzers.

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60deg. angle of fire.

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15.5cm s.F.H.414(f).

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Turm 1 casemate.
As you can see they were all built on sand dunes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 2024 and a house has been built and there is no access.

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Turm 1 R669 casemate.
The extended flank allowing earth (sand here) can be built up the sides as a camouflage and extra protection from attack.
Also the hooks made by not cutting off the square mesh steel reinforcement and bent over so the nets could be hooked on.

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R669 showing the earth banked up around its sides.

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Steel reinforcement.

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Rolling down nets off a bunker.

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Turm 1 R669 casemate embrasure.
This one is used by the householders as a store.

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These two batteries cover the beach area between Stella and Merlimont.

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Turm 1 R669 casemate.
Looking into the gun room. You can see the half round slot to allow the guns trail to sit in.

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Artillery trails.

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Turm 2 R669 casemate.
Sitting on the top of another sand dune.

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Plan.

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Field kitchen.

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Turm 2 R669 casemate.

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Turm 2 R669 casemate.

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Telephone wire Insulators set into one of the door fittings.

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Close up this maybe post war or wartime?

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Telephone pole insulators.

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Turm 2 R669 casemate.
Looking down into the casemate.

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Telephone wire Insulators set into one of the door fittings.

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Close up this maybe post war ?

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Telephone pole insulators.

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Turm 2 R669 gun room.

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Turm 2 R669 gun room.
You can see threaded stud sticking up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The guns hold fast thread.

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The stud on Turm 4.

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This is a gun sitting on a type of turntable that may have been used here.

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Turntable.

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R669 Turm 2.
The slots in the roof to suck out the foul gases after the gun had fired.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inside one of the ammunition was a large extraction fan.

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Plan of casemate extraction.

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Extraction fan in situ.

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Rost 150mm where the gases were blown out.

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R669 Turm 2.
The rear of the bunker where the gun was pushed inside.

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R669 casemate plan.

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R669 Turm 2.
Note the pieces of concrete sticking up on the bunkers roof, that is to stop the sand piled on the roof and grass grown on it from blowing/sliding off.

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Casemate with grass camouflage on the roof.

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Turm 3 Geschützstellung.
The third open emplacement on the next sand dune with ammunition magazines built around it.

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Ringstand plan.

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Turm 3 Geschützstellung.
The turntable stud.

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Turntable.

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Turntable.

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Turm 3 ammunition magazine.

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This one is made of red brick possibly taken from French brick stocks in the area.

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Turm 3 ammunition magazine.

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Turm 3 ammunition magazine.
Inside the magazine.

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Turm 3 ammunition magazine.
Way out.

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Dragging a gun up a sand dune.

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Turm 4.

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Plan.

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Turm 4 Geschützstellung.
This is very overgrown.

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15.5cm s.F.H.414(f).

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Turm 4 Geschützstellung.
The turntable stud.

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Turm 4 Geschützstellung.
The turntable stud.

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Turm 4 Geschützstellung.
Concrete ammunition magazines very badly damaged.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also brick was used in the making of the magazines.

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Showing up in this air photo the Geschützstellung on the top of a sand dune.

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Geschützstellung.

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Wellblech shelter.
Set in a nice safe hollow behind the sand dunes and on a Spring day it was a lovely spot.

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Wellblech shelter.
The entrance and two windows.

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Wellblech shelter.
Kurt, Jany & Francois.

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MKB Bunkertour.

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Wellblech shelter.
The rear pf the Wellblech with the escape window.

 

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Wellblech shelter.
So the question is, what were the rings on both sides of this Wellblech??.

 

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