Ro227 Pte de Queille 'Damian' was an 8.8cm Flak battery covering the north side of the U-Boote pen.
Plan.
8.8cm Flak.
Loading.
Ro227 Pte de Queille 'Damian', K.V.Gr Süd La Rochelle, AOK 1/KVA D Charente Maritime.
SHM details
1&2 - Poste de Direction de Tir.
3 - Radar de conduite du Tir.
4to10 - Cuve pn canon de 88 D.C.A. (AA).
11to13 -
Cuve pn mitrailleuse do 20 D.C.A. double.
14 Casemate àvec Abri pr canon de 75mm.
15 - Poste d'observation.
16&17 - Soute
à munitions.
18to29 - Abri pn canon.
30 - Poste de guet. (Watch).
31to32 - Abri pn personnel avec essemate pn ??.
33to34 - Abri avec coupete pn
à mitrailleuses.
3./Res.Flak.Abt.195.
1 x R120a Artillery observation post.
3 x L402 Emplacement for 2cm Flak gun.
1 x L403 BII fire control poste for heavy AA battery.
1 x L404
1 x L405 Radar bunker.
1 x L406
Machinery bunker for a 10.5cm AA batterie.
2 x L407 Ammunition bunker for 8.8cm or 10.5cm AA batterie.
6 X L418
Emplacement for 10.5cm Flak gun.
6 x 8.8cm Flak 18.
3 x 2cm Flak 30.
1 x Würzburg Anton Fu.SE62 39 T (type D).
Würzburg Anton Fu.SE62 39 T (type D) with a range of 40km and was used solely for fire control of Flak batteries (Flugmelderäte).
8.8cm Flak 18.
2cm Flak 30.
Air photo of 'Damian' from SHM.
Cuve pr canon de 88 D.C.A. (AA).
L418
Emplacement for 10.5cm Flak gun.
Cuve pr canon de 88 D.C.A. (AA).
Ro227 L418
emplacement for 10.5cm Flak gun.
Mike taking in the details.
Plan.
L418 emplacement for 10.5cm Flak.
1 - gas lock.
3 - crew.
4 - ammunition.
Cuve pr canon de 88 D.C.A. (AA).
Ro227 L418
Emplacement for 10.5cm Flak gun.
Plan.
L418 Emplacement for 10.5cm Flak gun from above.
Cuve pr canon de 88 D.C.A. (AA).
Ro227 L418
Emplacement for 10.5cm Flak gun.
Plan.
Cuve pr canon de 88 D.C.A. (AA).
Ro227 L418
Emplacement for 10.5cm Flak gun.
Ro227 L418 Emplacement for 10.5cm Flak gun radar and three bunkers..
Plan.
Ro227 L15 1943 L406. Machinery bunker for a 10.5cm AA batterie.
To its right:
Ro227 L14 L405. Radar bunker. Würzburg Anton Fu.SE 62 39.
Plan.
Würzburg Anton Fu.SE 62 39.
L406 machinery bunker for a 10.5cm AA batterie.
L405 radar bunker.
Ro227 L11 1942 L402 Emplacement for 2cm Flak gun.
Plan.
L402 emplacement for 2cm Flak .
2cm Flak 30.
Ro227 L14 1943 L404
A bunker with fire control post for a heavy AA batterie (B1).
We did not visit this bunker.
1 - Gas lock.
3 - Crew.
21 - Heating.
22 - Ventilation.
33 - Non Commissioned Officer.
39 - Officers.
50 - Fuel.
58 - Latrines wash rooms.
62 - Work room.
82 - Telephone.
Plan.
Vieux fort.
Turret - R120a Artillery observation post.
Flak - L402
emplacement for a 2cm Flak 30.
Plan.
R120.
L402 emplacement for a 2cm Flak.
Vieux fort.
French military boundary stone marker.
Pre war French soldiers.
Ro277 L10 (1942) L402 emplacement.
L402 plan for a 2cm Flak gun.
Crew & ammunition.
2cm Flak 30.
Ammunition.
Ro277 L10 (1942) L402 emplacement.
2cm barrels.
Magazines.
Tool kit.
Ro277 L10 (1942) L402 emplacement.
Crew entrance.
Large room - crew.
Small room - ammunition.
Ro277 L10 (1942) L402 emplacement.
Escape from the bunker in times of trouble. A 410P9 door.
A 410P9 door.
Escape.
Door handle.
Ro227 H16 1943 R120a artillery observation post with a steel cupola.
Plan.
Heating chimney.
WT80K bunker heater.
Ro227 H16 1943 R120a artillery observation post with a steel cupola rear entrance.
Ro227 H16 1943 R120a artillery observation post with a steel cupola plan.
Ro227 H16 1943 R120a artillery observation post with a steel cupola rear entrance.
Ro227 H16 1943 R120a artillery observation post with a steel cupola.
Bunker number.
Ro227 H16 1943 R120a artillery observation post with a steel cupola.
Cable inlet and space for a cabinet, I have as yet never seen a cabinet, but would like to understand what was placed there.
Ro227 H16 1943 R120a artillery observation post with a steel cupola.
Cable inlet and space for a cabinet, I have as yet never seen a cabinet, but would like to understand what was placed there.
Ro227 H16 1943 R120a artillery observation post with a steel cupola.
"Screw in the threaded studs tightly Calcium oxide coating".
"Gas alarm insert filter".
Heers-Einheits-Schutzlüfter HES 1.2.
Heers-Einheits-Schutzlüfter HES 1.2.
Filters.
Ro227 H16 1943 R120a artillery observation post with a steel cupola.
Ro227 H16 1943 R120a artillery observation post with a steel cupola.
Ro227 H16 1943 R120a artillery observation post with a steel cupola.
Inside the cupola room.
The tube in the floor is the base of a periscope that went right up through the middle of the cupola, it meant that the bunker commander and the observer in the cupola, could have two views out.
Ro227 H16 1943 R120a artillery observation post with a steel cupola.
Under the cupola.
Ro227 H16 1943 R120a artillery observation post with a steel cupola.
Artillerie Beobachtungstüme 441P01, artillery observation type.1940FL103.
An SHM photo of the cupola and also showing the heating chimney in front.
Fitting a cupola
Viewing eye.
Periscope.
Chimney.
Ro227 H16 1943 R120a artillery observation post with a steel cupola.
Aerial socket.
Radios.
Aerial.
Ro227 H16 1943 R120a artillery observation post with a steel cupola
Fernsprechau§enanschlu§stelle - Telephone external connection point.
Lichtsprechgerät - Light talker.
Antennenfürungsrohr - Antenna guide tube.
Bunker aerial fitting.
Nische.