Wn123 Le Havre de Crabec
A defence covering the east side of the Gatteville peninsular.
Plan of the trench system.
Searchlight.
Wn123 Le Havre de Crabec
Wn123 Le Havre de Crabec
Wn123 covers the eastern side of StP152. 7./Heers Kusten Artillerie Regiment,1261. This was a huge, six open emplacement (Geschützstellung) for 15.5cm K.420(f) guns and then four R679 casemates plus ammunition and crew bunkers. All round defence were four Wn's123, 124, 125 & 125a.
15.5cm K.420(f).
R679 casemate plan.
FCP, Leitstand/SK.
Wn123 Le Havre de Crabec
Plan
1 x Vf58c Tobruk.
6 x Unterstand bunkers.
1 x Searchlight emplacement.
1 x Nr1694 ringstand.
2 x 2cm Flak positions.
2 x Wellblech crew bunkers.
1 x Vf69 mortar Tobruk.
1
x Mortar Tobruk (not visited)
1/2 x 81mm mortars.
1 5cm KwK 39 L/42 Pak
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4 x Vf/MG stands.
Vf69 mortar Tobruk.
Nr1694
Vf58c Tobruk.
Wn123 Le Havre de Crabec
Plan
Sebastien has spent hours measuring the layout and with Bernard Paich, they have drawn this plan..
Wn123 Le Havre de Crabec
Le Havre de Crabec.
Wn123 Le Havre de Crabec
Mine fields
This map is showing all the Wn's in yellow and in the centre is StP152 the batterie site.
MF are the mine fields
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Wn123 Le Havre de Crabec
We were there in 2005 & it was easy to walk around the fish farm. Today I am not too sure how private it is.
Barfleur, j´adore.
Wn123 Le Havre de Crabec
The start of the concrete trench system running around the point.
Plan.
Wn123 Le Havre de Crabec
Vf/SK bunker
A Vf/SK bunker for the troops stationed here.
Vf = Vf. For Verstärkt feldmässig. (Field construction bunker).
SK = Sonder Konstruktion. (Special construction).
Wn123 Le Havre de Crabec
Wellblech bunker
Under the mound but now full of water due to being used by the fish farm.
How it may look inside.
Plan.
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Trench system moving on.
Plan.
Wn123 Le Havre de Crabec
Vf69
Vf69 mortar Tobruk with a hole for an 81mm mortar and an observation/machine gun Tobruk.
Vf69 plan.
Vf69 ringstand.
Wn123 Le Havre de Crabec
Vf69
The entrance trench into the Tobruk.
Plan.
details
Wn123 Le Havre de Crabec
Vf69
The Mortar Tobruk ring.
Vf69 ringstand.
View from the air.
Observations from a Tobruk.
Wn123 Le Havre de Crabec
Vf69
The observation/defence Tobruk.
Tobruk used as an AA machine gun.
Wn123 Le Havre de Crabec
Wellblech bunker
Defence position with a Wellblech shelter to the right.
Plan.
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Wellblech
Inside the Wellblech (corrugated iron) tin roof.
Plan.
Wn123 Le Havre de Crabec
Search Light
Trench to search light ringstand. Now where was the power supply, there should have been a generator??
Plan.
Wn123 Le Havre de Crabec
Search Light
Search Light ringstand.
60cm search light.
Plan.
Wn123 Le Havre de Crabec
Trench
A niche either for a shooting position of its for two soldiers to pass in the trench.
Trench.
Wn123 Le Havre de Crabec
2cm Flak position
2cm Flak 30.
Plan.
2cm at rest.
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Machine gun position.
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Wn123 Le Havre de Crabec
Trench
More trenches.
Wn123 Le Havre de Crabec
Trench to Tobruk
Long journey to the Tobruk.
Plan.
Wn123 Le Havre de Crabec
Tobruk
Vf58c Tobruk.
Plan.
Elevation.
Layout.
Wn123 Le Havre de Crabec
Vf58c Tobruk.
View down into the crew room.
Wn123 Le Havre de Crabec
Vf58c Tobruk.
Tobruk ringstand.
Wn123 Le Havre de Crabec
Vf bunker
Nice entrance into a crew bunker.
Wn123 Le Havre de Crabec
Vf bunker
Tröger concrete supports.
Concrete beams.
Wn123 Le Havre de Crabec
Vf bunker
Inside.
Wn123 Le Havre de Crabec
Trench leading to KwK ringstand
View towards the lighthouse.
Wn123 Le Havre de Crabec
Trench leading to KwK ringstand
Covered ammunition space.
Wn123 Le Havre de Crabec
Trench leading to KwK ringstand
Ammunition space.
Wn123 Le Havre de Crabec
Trench leading to KwK ringstand
Route to the emplacement.
Plan.
Wn123 Le Havre de Crabec
Trench leading to KwK ringstand
5cm KwK 39 L/42 ringstand.
5cm KwK 39 L/42.
5cm KwK 39 L/42.
Wn123 Le Havre de Crabec
Ringstand
Ringstand hold fast.
Base of the gun.
Mounting in place.
Wn123 Le Havre de Crabec
Nr1694 ringstand
The view out over the water.
Nr1694 ringstand.
Wn123 Le Havre de Crabec
Trench leading to KwK ringstand
The covered trench to the ringstand.
Fire plan.
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Trench continuation
Wn123 Le Havre de Crabec
Rear Tobruk
Plan.
Plan.
Wn123 Le Havre de Crabec
MG position
Machine gun defence and added niche in the trench wall.
08 machine gun.
Wn123 Le Havre de Crabec
MG position
The view from the sea side.
details
Plan.
Wn123 Le Havre de Crabec
SHM plan
Plan No. 70 from SHM.
Wn123 Le Havre de Crabec