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Wn306 Pointe du Nez

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A very small Wn sitting on a spit of land poking out into the Anse St. Martin. A 5cm KwK gun covering the whole bay. Several machine guns in pits and a flame thrower near the rear entrance.

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4 x Vf/MG Stand.
1 x Nr1694 ringstand.
2 x Unterstand.
1 x Brunen (translated to Well).
1 x 5cm KwK L/39 Pak.
1 x Fougasse Flame thrower.

5cm KwK L/39 Pak.

Crew.

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A German plan of the defences.

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The plan showing the area of Wn306 and its Mine field Mf.21 to the east. There was no need for a mine field the other side as the beach was all rocks.

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19. 5cm anti-tank gun in hexagonal concrete emplacement at Strong point W.306 (POINTE DU NEZ - 952319).
Note the wire netting. and foliage camouflage traverses with the gun, and the bank to seward providing protection against direct observation and direct fire, but giving the gun a wide dead-arc to seaward.
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Nr1694 ringstand.

Nr1694 ringstand.

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The Pt. Du Nez is a flattish tongue of land with low cliffs commanding the whole of Anse St. Martin from the west.
The main defence of this position was a 5cm gun in a standard open hexagonal concrete emplacement with an earth bank to give it protection from seaward. The gun could cover all the beach to the east and the road behind it. Two machine gun post were well hidden in the cliff top to the east and were of light concrete construction with well camouflaged firing slits 2ft diameter, searchlight faced eastward and was sited in an emplacement which had been constructed by cutting a pit out of the top of the cliff. The roof was of 1ft thick concrete and well earthed
Two machine guns sited on the north-west side of the position could fire to the north and west, and two more were sited to cover any approach to the position along the coast road. A light anti-aircraft/machine gun pit was on the south-west side of the position. A flame-thrower in a small concrete pit was-placed to cover the track leading from the road to this position. The camouflage of all positions was very good and trench systems connected all weapon pits, living quarters, etc. The wire perimeter ran inland of the coastal road, and entrances to the strong point were closed by means of road blocks, and road was ready cratered for demolition charges.
Living quarters consisted of wooden huts in a large pit in the centre of the position so that their roofs were level with the ground surface. Camouflage net was placed over the pit.
This position was a good all round machine gun defence post and the 5 cm had a good field of fire but there was no heavy concrete strength against artillery or air bombardment- The position could probably have been neutralised by heavy Naval bombardment such as was used in Neptune assault areas and it is probable that the enemy relied on the camouflage for a large amount of the strength of the position.
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Fougasse Flame thrower, a pressurised tank filled with an flammable fluid, electrically operated. Most of these did not work as the pre bombardments often effected the electrical controls.

Fougasse Flame thrower.

Wired to work.

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J/642. 542Sqdn. 17•March•44//F/36

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A good air photo taken by 542Sqn RAF with Mk XI Spitfires. Probably flew from RAF Mount Farm.

A cutaway of a Spitfire with cameras.

Spitfire PRU.

Spitfire cameras.

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The road was set for demolition by undermining and setting charges. These were not used.

A cover over a 5cm KwK at Merville on the coast at Wn02.

Nr1694 ringstand.

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I drove passed on he 21 July 2020 and there is nowhere to park and the undergrowth is so thick, it would be hard to find remains.

Semi sunk hut used as barracks.

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