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{{cite web|last= |first= |url=http://perso.wanadoo.fr/aetius/mur/v1Brecourt.htm|title=Cherbourg-Brécourt |work=Bases launch V1 Cotentin and Seine-Maritime |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 |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> |
{{cite web|last= |first= |url=http://perso.wanadoo.fr/aetius/mur/v1Brecourt.htm|title=Cherbourg-Brécourt |work=Bases launch V1 Cotentin and Seine-Maritime |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 |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 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.- (the link says it belongs to legend)-->.<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|date=|accessdate=2008-02-27|publisher=}}</ref> |
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==Notes== |
==Notes== |
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Revision as of 13:03, 15 June 2016
| Brécourt aliases: Équeurdreville,[1] Martinvast[2] | |
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| Part of Nazi Germany | |
| Équeurdreville-Hainneville, in Manche, France | |
| File:Brecourt.jpg | |
| Coordinates | 49°39′7″N 1°40′12″W / 49.65194°N 1.67000°W |
| Type | bunker |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1932-1944 |
| In use | never used[3] |
| Materials | concrete |
| Battles/wars | Operation Crossbow |
| Events | started 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.[4]
Notes
^1 The location for the photo of Eisenhower on the stairs has also been identified as Söttevast.
References
- ^ "Fortifications Built by Prussia or Germany". Fortifications of the World. 2003-05-25. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
- ^ King, Benjamin. Impact: The History of Germany's V-Weapons in World War II. p. 112.
- ^ a b "Cherbourg-Brécourt". Bases launch V1 Cotentin and Seine-Maritime. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
- ^ a b Maridor, Jean. "Le site V1 de Cherbourg Brécourt". Les bombes volantes V1. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
- ^ "Brecourt". The Atlantik Wall In Normandy. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
- ^ Collier, Basil (1976) [1964]. The Battle of the V-Weapons, 1944-1945. Yorkshire: The Emfield Press. p. 35. ISBN 0-7057-0070-4.
- ^ Henshall, Philip (1985). Hitler’s Rocket Sites. New York: St Martin's Press. p. 147.
- ^ "La fusée A4 V2". Les Sites V1 du Nord de la France. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
- ^ "Combat Missions". 387th Bombardment Group (Medium). Retrieved 2008-11-12.
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