Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´,
Vauxaillon, Soissons, France.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Just outside the village of Vauxaillon on the way to the batterie are these two 108A (R607) ammunition magazines.

R607 ammunition bunker plan, very like these.

10.5cm Flak ammunition.

 

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon road leading to the site.
One hundred and fifty five meters above sea level and views of 360° this Flak site covered the northern quarter of the Führerhauptquartier. Six 10.5cm Flak 38 set out in a circle with four 2cm Flak 30.

L427 machinery bunker for heavy flak.

10.5cm Flak 38.

Plan of a six gunned Flak batterie.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon plan.
Vx - suffix for the area
L --- suffix Luftwaffe.
1 x L413 munitions bunker.
1 x L425 Flak bunker.
1 x L407 ammunition store.
6 x 103A heavy Flak emplacements.
3 x L1 emplacements for 2cm Flak.
1 x L427 machinery bunker for heavy flak.
Many protected/sheltered barracks.
6 x 10.5cm Flak 38.
3 x 2cm Flak 30.
7 x 180A water tanks.
1 x 101a Tobruk.

101a Tobruk for two men, bunks and heating.

L425 for possibly a fourth 2cm Flak 30.

L407 ammunition store.

L407 ammunition bunker plan.

L413 ammunition for a 3.7cm Flak but here may have used it for 2cm ammunition (now removed).

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx990.
As you walk up to Flak 'C', on the right is Vx329 a 124A Latrine.
To the left of Vx990 is Vx329 a 101a Tobruk for two men, bunks and heating and is very hard to see.

Plan..

101a Tobruk for two men, bunks and heating.

AA defence.

Other types of latrines in the open air.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon entrance.
The main entrance, to the right in the hedge is Vx332 a water container with two openings.(that may mean two entrances).

Plan.

 

 

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx332.
Water container bunker with two entrances full of brambles now.

What looks like a vent on its roof..

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Coming into the Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon
I have to say why are farmers the worst at spoiling the countryside. Most of this is not recyclable rubbish.

Plan..

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx417 & Vx418
Two protected barracks in the B II area.

Plan..

protected barracks.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx404 & Vx 405.
Stand for B II. Underneath of Vx404 is Vx 405 an R621 the command centre of site B II.

Plan..

Plan..

R621 group shelter..

R621 group shelter and the B II.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx404.
Stand for B II.
Another view and looks like a window. So may have been a guard room??

Plan..

Plan..

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon
A light railway track now used as a fence post and a fish plate leaning against it.

Plan..

Railway line.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx904.Vx904 four 18A water tanks.

Plan..

Plan..

An 18A water tank.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx406.
Sheltered barracks, more later.

Plan.

 

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx419.
103A gun stand for a 10.5cm Flak 38.

Plan.

10.5cm Flak 38 guns.

 

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx419
103A gun emplacements for 10.5cm Flak 38 guns.

Plan.

Plan of a 103A.

10.5cm Flak 38 guns.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx421
The second 103A gun emplacements for 10.5cm Flak 38 guns.

Plan.

 

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx421
The second 103A gun emplacements for 10.5cm Flak 38 guns.

Plan.

Flak range finder.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx421.
The second 103A gun emplacements for 10.5cm Flak 38 guns.

Plan.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx421.
Grooves around the emplacement to take the shell splinter cylinders.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx421.
Grooves around the emplacement to take the shell splinter cylinders.

Cylinder in place.

Plan of a cylinder.

shell splinter cylinder.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx16f & Vx406 sheltered barracks.
Small & large sheltered barracks.

Plan.

Plan.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx406.
A large sheltered barracks. This barracks was only a sunken protected hut larger than the others we have seen and this one was made into a large garage when NATO in the 1950's used it as a radio site.

Plan.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx406.
The other side of the barracks.

 

 

 

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx406.
This side has widows allowing enough light in.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx406.
The large entrance was made by NATO to allow vehicular access..

Plan.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx406.
The doors to the garage.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx406.
Inside the NATO garage??

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx406.
The drive way out.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx425 & 6.
Two small barracks.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx425 & 6.
Two small barracks.

Protected barracks.

 

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx425 & 6.
Two small barracks.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx425 & 6.
Barracks.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx426.
This looks like a boundary stone??

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon
In the distance Vx434.
L1 Geschützstand für 2cm Flak 30 in the distance.

2cm Flak crew.

 

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx434.
L1 Geschützstand für 2cm Flak 30.

Plan of an L1.

2cm Flak 30.

2cm magazines.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx434.
L1 Geschützstand für 2cm Flak 30.

2cm Flak 30.

2cm Flak 30.

 

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx431/2/3.
In the woodland were Vx431 seven protected barracks, meaning that they were semi sunk into the ground with a low concrete wall around it.
There was also Vx432 - an L413 ammunition bunker for the light flak ammunition and a garage. This is area B I.

Base for a protected hut.

Wooden hut.

Bunker garage, in the picture a 2cm A/T gun but any vehicle that fitted could use it.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon.
looking into the woodland.
There may be a bunker for radio, one for radar, one for command and a generator. Vx429/426/407/430 and some water reservoirs.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon.
In the woodland of B I area.
One of the protected barracks turned into a garage for NATO. This whole area of B I was used by NATO as a radio signals area..

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx427.
Looking into the garage.

Plan.

NATO.

1957 NATO Summit.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon.
looking into the woodland.
So we are not seeing a typical WW2 site but a much modernised complex for NATO. They then left and the site was left derelict. .

NATO radio trucks..

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon.
More garages.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon.
Command building may be the Vx407 an L425 a B II command post for AA. and above a command post.

Plan of Vx407 underneath Vx429 above.

L425 AA command bunker .

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx427.
L1 emplacement for a 2cm Flak 30.

Plan L1 emplacement.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon.

Plan.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx424.
103A Geschützstand für 10.7cm Flak 38.

103A Geschützstand für 10.7cm Flak 38.

10.7cm Flak 38.

 

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx424.
I found this picture which shows the way the Flak gun may have been mounted, except on these positions at Vauxaillon the floors were earthen for some reason..

Camouflage ring.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx424.
Note the camouflage painted on the back wall of the ready ammunition niches.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx424.
Closer look at the camouflaged niches.

10.5cm Flak ammunition.

 

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx415.
Barracks.

 

 

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx415.
Protected barracks.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx416.
103A emplacement for the fifth gun.

 

Range finder.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx416.
This is actually an 8.8cm Flak but gives an idea of crew arrangements and ammunition handling. the third from the left is placing the nose cone of the shell to adjust the range.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx416.
103a emplacement.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx416.
103a emplacement.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx416.
103a emplacement.

103a emplacement plan.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx416.
Around 103a emplacements were large concrete rollers, they could be hauled up onto a lip around the tops and that gave the emplacement a bit more protection, if they needed to lower their trajectory, the rollers could be rolled down as in this picture.

Splinter roller in the up position.

Plan of a splinter roller.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx415.
Barracks.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx415.
Barracks.

The splinter wall.

The splinter wall with a hut inside as it may have looked.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx414.
The sixth 103a.

103a emplacement plan.

10.5cm Flak.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon Vx414.
The sixth 103a.

103a emplacement plan.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon.
The road even had kerb stones along its side.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Flakstellung ´C´

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Flakstellung ´C´ Vauxaillon.
The road out and the wonderfully large sky. Ideal for a Flak site. looking west.

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