Wn Trou017 Villerville Manoir du Grand Bec
2 x R622 twin group bunkers.
1 x Vf1a + Tobruk.
1 x Water bunker (Abri cit).
1 x Pz. T tank turret.
1 x R141c
group bunker.
1 x Vf58c Tobruk.
R141c group bunker.
Vf58c Tobruk.
Pz. T tank turret.
Wn Trou017 Villerville Manoir du Grand Bec
Wn Trou017 Villerville Manoir du Grand Bec
Manoir du Grand Bec.
Entertainment party.
Wn Trou017 Villerville Manoir du Grand Bec
Plan of the defence, this may have been a rest area or a defended post. But with only Tobruk machine guns and a Panzer turret of an old French tank, it does not look that way. The bunker accommodation is around 100 men.
R141 1964.
R141 Google today.
R622 twin group bunker.
Wn Trou017 Villerville Manoir du Grand Bec
The Tobruk is still guarding the gate.
Vf58c Tobruk.
Tobruk.
Wn Trou017 Villerville Manoir du Grand Bec
I this is an R141c a type of bunker that several were built in this area.
R141c Steps down.
R141c plan with a crew room for 15men, a store or work room, a blast wall protecting the entrance with steps down to the bunker level.
R141c crew room.
Wn Trou017 Villerville Manoir du Grand Bec
Water cistern. This may have had a well and a pump inside and a large water tank.
Well and water pump at Wn17 Ouistreham.
Wn Trou017 Villerville Manoir du Grand Bec
The terrain you would need to cross to find the bunkers.
Wn Trou017 Villerville Manoir du Grand Bec
Wn Trou017 Villerville Manoir du Grand Bec
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