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{{For|the French actor and the [[World War II]] attack|:fr:Brécourt|Brécourt Manor Assault}}{{See also|V-1 flying bomb (facilities)}}
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|name = Brécourt<br><small>aliases:</small> [[Équeurdreville-Hainneville|Équeurdreville]],<ref>{{cite web|last= |first= |url= http://alainlecomte.free.fr/07E8.htm |title= Fortifications Built by Prussia or Germany |work= Fortifications of the World |date=2003-05-25 |accessdate=2008-02-27|publisher=}}</ref> [[Martinvast]]<ref name=King>{{cite book |last=King|first=Benjamin|title=Impact: The History of Germany's V-Weapons in World War II |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=9WZ_z55WC1MC&pg=PA112&lpg=PA112&dq=martinvast+%22v+1%22&source=web&ots=eHC07dSLdb&sig=Hx777xEKWRcLrwO5tqRGbWSQg_0 |year= |publisher=|location= |isbn=|pages=p112}}</ref>
|name = Brécourt<br><small>aliases:</small> [[Équeurdreville-Hainneville|Équeurdreville]],<ref>

{{cite web|last= |first= |url= http://alainlecomte.free.fr/07E8.htm |title= Fortifications Built by Prussia or Germany |work= Fortifications of the World |date=2003-05-25 |accessdate=2008-02-27|publisher=}}</ref> [[Martinvast]]<ref name=King>

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{{cite book |last=King|first=Benjamin|title=Impact: The History of Germany's V-Weapons in World War II |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=9WZ_z55WC1MC&pg=PA112&lpg=PA112&dq=martinvast+%22v+1%22&source=web&ots=eHC07dSLdb&sig=Hx777xEKWRcLrwO5tqRGbWSQg_0 |year= |publisher=|location= |isbn=|pages=p112}}</ref>
|partof = [[Nazi Germany]]
|partof = [[Nazi Germany]]
|location = [[Équeurdreville-Hainneville]], in [[Manche]], [[France]]
|location = [[Équeurdreville-Hainneville]], in [[Manche]], [[France]]
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|events = started 1932<br>bombed November 11, 1943<br>captured July, 1944
|events = started 1932<br>bombed November 11, 1943<br>captured July, 1944
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{{For|the French actor and the [[World War II]] attack|:fr:Brécourt|Brécourt Manor Assault}}
'''Brécourt''' was a [[Nazi Germany]] [[bunker]] started inside an underground French Naval oil storage facility. On July 7, 1943, the site was ordered to be completed as a [[V-2 rocket]] launch facility.<ref name=jeanmaridor/> Early in 1944,<ref>


{{cite web|last= |first= |url=http://www.atlantikwall.org.uk/new_page_61.htm |title=Brecourt |work=The Atlantik Wall In Normandy |date= |accessdate=2008-02-27|publisher=}}</ref> the facility was converted to a [[V-1 flying bomb]] launch facility<ref name=Collier>
'''Brécourt''' was a [[Nazi Germany]] [[bunker]] started inside an underground French Naval oil storage facility. On July 7, 1943, the site was ordered to be completed as a [[V-2 rocket]] launch facility.<ref name=jeanmaridor/> Early in 1944,<ref>{{cite web|last= |first= |url=http://www.atlantikwall.org.uk/new_page_61.htm |title=Brecourt |work=The Atlantik Wall In Normandy |date= |accessdate=2008-02-27|publisher=}}</ref> the facility was converted to a [[V-1 flying bomb]] launch facility<ref name=Collier>


{{cite book |last=Collier|first=Basil|title=The Battle of the V-Weapons, 1944-1945 |origyear=1964 |year=1976|publisher=The Emfield Press|location=Yorkshire|isbn=0 7057 0070 4 |pages=p35}}</ref> and subsequently completed.<ref name=Henshall>
{{cite book |last=Collier|first=Basil|title=The Battle of the V-Weapons, 1944-1945 |origyear=1964 |year=1976|publisher=The Emfield Press|location=Yorkshire|isbn=0 7057 0070 4 |pages=p35}}</ref> and subsequently completed.<ref name=Henshall>{{cite book |last=Henshall|first=Philip|title=Hitler’s Rocket Sites|year=1985|publisher=St Martin's Press|location=New York|isbn= |pages=p147|quote=}}</ref>

{{cite book |last=Henshall|first=Philip|title=Hitler’s Rocket Sites|year=1985|publisher=St Martin's Press|location=New York|isbn= |pages=p147|quote=}}</ref>


The [[military installation]] was virtually undetectable by aerial observation,<ref name=aetius>
The [[military installation]] was virtually undetectable by aerial observation,<ref name=aetius>


{{cite web|last= |first= |url=http://perso.wanadoo.fr/aetius/mur/v1Brecourt.htm|title=Cherbourg-Brécourt |work=Bases launch V1 Cotentin and Seine-Maritime |format=html – French language |date= |accessdate=2008-02-27|publisher=}}</ref><ref>
{{cite web|last= |first= |url=http://perso.wanadoo.fr/aetius/mur/v1Brecourt.htm|title=Cherbourg-Brécourt |work=Bases launch V1 Cotentin and Seine-Maritime |format=html – French language |date= |accessdate=2008-02-27|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last= |first= |url= http://www.sitesv1du-nord-de-la-france.com/A4V2.htm |title= La fusée A4 V2 |work= Les Sites V1 du Nord de la France |format=html – French language |date= |accessdate=2008-02-27|publisher=}}</ref> although the [[387th Air Expeditionary Operations Group#History|387th Bombardment Group]] records indicate [[Operation Crossbow]] bombing of the "[[Martinvast]] [[V-1 flying bomb (facilities)|V-1 site]]" on November 11, 1943.<ref name=387bg>{{cite web |title=Combat Missions |url=http://387bg.com/ |work=387th Bombardment Group (Medium) |accessdate=2008-11-12}}</ref>
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The Allies captured the site a few days before July 4, 1944, and both [[Dwight Eisenhower]] and [[Winston Churchill]] subsequently visited the facility – the latter reportedly dropping an apple he was eating in astonishment of the massive facility.<ref name=jeanmaridor>{{cite web|last=Maridor|first=Jean|url=http://www.jean-maridor.org/francais/brecourt.htm |title= Le site V1 de Cherbourg Brécourt |work= Les bombes volantes V1|format=html – French language|date=|accessdate=2008-02-27|publisher=}}</ref>
{{cite web|last= |first= |url= http://www.sitesv1du-nord-de-la-france.com/A4V2.htm |title= La fusée A4 V2 |work= Les Sites V1 du Nord de la France |format=html – French language |date= |accessdate=2008-02-27|publisher=}}</ref> although the [[387th Air Expeditionary Operations Group#History|387th Bombardment Group]] records indicate [[Operation Crossbow]] bombing of the "[[Martinvast]] [[V-1 flying bomb (facilities)|V-1 site]]" on November 11, 1943.<ref name=387bg>{{cite web |title=Combat Missions |url=http://387bg.com/ |work=387th Bombardment Group (Medium) |accessdate=2008-11-12}}</ref>
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The Allies captured the site a few days before July 4, 1944, and both [[Dwight Eisenhower]] and [[Winston Churchill]] subsequently visited the facility – the latter reportedly dropping an apple he was eating in astonishment of the massive facility.<ref name=jeanmaridor>


==Notes==
{{cite web|last=Maridor|first=Jean|url=http://www.jean-maridor.org/francais/brecourt.htm |title= Le site V1 de Cherbourg Brécourt |work= Les bombes volantes V1|format=html – French language|date=|accessdate=2008-02-27|publisher=}}</ref>
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==References and notes==
{{note|1|1}}The location for the photo of Eisenhower on the stairs [http://www.v2rocket.com/start/deployment/sottevast.html has also been identified as Söttevast].
{{note|1|1}}The location for the photo of Eisenhower on the stairs [http://www.v2rocket.com/start/deployment/sottevast.html has also been identified as Söttevast].
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Revision as of 12:31, 21 June 2011

For the French actor and the World War II attack, see fr:Brécourt and Brécourt Manor Assault.
See also: V-1 flying bomb (facilities)
Brécourt
aliases: Équeurdreville,[1] Martinvast[2]
Part of Nazi Germany
Équeurdreville-Hainneville, in Manche, France
File:Brecourt.jpg
Dwight Eisenhower visiting the Brécourt1 V-1 flying bomb facility near Cherbourg
Coordinates49°39′7″N 1°40′12″W / 49.65194°N 1.67000°W / 49.65194; -1.67000
Typebunker
Site history
Built1932-1944
In usenever used[3]
Materialsconcrete
Battles/warsOperation Crossbow
Eventsstarted 1932
bombed November 11, 1943
captured July, 1944

Brécourt was a Nazi Germany bunker started inside an underground French Naval oil storage facility. On July 7, 1943, the site was ordered to be completed as a V-2 rocket launch facility.[4] Early in 1944,[5] the facility was converted to a V-1 flying bomb launch facility[6] and subsequently completed.[7]

The military installation was virtually undetectable by aerial observation,[3][8] although the 387th Bombardment Group records indicate Operation Crossbow bombing of the "Martinvast V-1 site" on November 11, 1943.[9] The Allies captured the site a few days before July 4, 1944, and both Dwight Eisenhower and Winston Churchill subsequently visited the facility – the latter reportedly dropping an apple he was eating in astonishment of the massive facility.[4]

Notes

^1 The location for the photo of Eisenhower on the stairs has also been identified as Söttevast.

References

  1. ^ "Fortifications Built by Prussia or Germany". Fortifications of the World. 2003-05-25. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
  2. ^ King, Benjamin. Impact: The History of Germany's V-Weapons in World War II. pp. p112. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  3. ^ a b "Cherbourg-Brécourt" (html – French language). Bases launch V1 Cotentin and Seine-Maritime. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
  4. ^ a b Maridor, Jean. "Le site V1 de Cherbourg Brécourt" (html – French language). Les bombes volantes V1. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
  5. ^ "Brecourt". The Atlantik Wall In Normandy. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
  6. ^ Collier, Basil (1976) [1964]. The Battle of the V-Weapons, 1944-1945. Yorkshire: The Emfield Press. pp. p35. ISBN 0 7057 0070 4. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  7. ^ Henshall, Philip (1985). Hitler’s Rocket Sites. New York: St Martin's Press. pp. p147. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  8. ^ "La fusée A4 V2" (html – French language). Les Sites V1 du Nord de la France. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
  9. ^ "Combat Missions". 387th Bombardment Group (Medium). Retrieved 2008-11-12.
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