Regulus 1 Posted 23 October , 2005 Share Posted 23 October , 2005 There was also a 38 cm battery at Koekelare, often refered to as Moere, which is wrong. It was also known as the Leughenboom battery. Only 1 gun. The construction the Kesselbettung Installation of the gun, one of the series... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regulus 1 Posted 23 October , 2005 Author Share Posted 23 October , 2005 Almost finished and under the camouflage nets Another view of the final stages of the construction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regulus 1 Posted 23 October , 2005 Author Share Posted 23 October , 2005 View of some of the naval crew and one of the shells First man to be shot to the moon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regulus 1 Posted 23 October , 2005 Author Share Posted 23 October , 2005 The gun in highest elevation And firing ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regulus 1 Posted 23 October , 2005 Author Share Posted 23 October , 2005 The Nebeltruppe Inside view of one of the ammo bunkers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malte Znaniecki Posted 23 October , 2005 Share Posted 23 October , 2005 Danke Johan ! Respekt ! Cheers from Hamburg Malte Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regulus 1 Posted 23 October , 2005 Author Share Posted 23 October , 2005 Postwar visit of Winston Churchill The Germans 'recycled' the gun in 1941. The bunkers were destroyed in the 1950's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regulus 1 Posted 23 October , 2005 Author Share Posted 23 October , 2005 Some years ago, the remains were excated, and can still be seen today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regulus 1 Posted 23 October , 2005 Author Share Posted 23 October , 2005 Inside view of the turret Digging out an unexploded 38 cm shell at Dunkirk, the main target of the Pommern, which had it's name in honour of the men who died on the SMS Pommern during the Skagerrak Battle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regulus 1 Posted 23 October , 2005 Author Share Posted 23 October , 2005 Aerial photo. At the bottom the gun and the 2 ammo bunkers, a little higher the command bunker and firing control, at the top of the photo the main ammo bunker. Best from Johan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regulus 1 Posted 23 October , 2005 Author Share Posted 23 October , 2005 The result of the 'Vernebelung' Another photo of the crew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regulus 1 Posted 23 October , 2005 Author Share Posted 23 October , 2005 And finally : Cleaning the gun... The cemetary of the battery with a Belgian soldier, post war. Best from Johan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harribobs Posted 3 November , 2005 Share Posted 3 November , 2005 Large Max!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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