Wikipedia says a Tallboy hit it, but IIRC, it was an earlier raid that knocked the chunk off the top and a later Tallboy missed, but the seismic shockwave moved the LOX tank off its mount and that's when they decided to abandon it.
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The other preserved V-bomb site in northern France is an even better visit. That of the huge concrete dome roofed facilty at Wizernes, which was also successfully attacked with Talboys.
http://www.v2rocket.com/start/deployment/wizernes.html |
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This site was where the forerunner of the Iraqi 'supergun' (the V3) was built during WW2. This also received the attention of Tallboys and Grand Slams, and is well worth a visit. Not that far from Calais, IIRC.
BTW, the U-Boat bunker 'Valentin' is indeed very big - if I can remember how to post them, I will post some pics on here later. Half of it is abandoned, whilst the other half is still in use by the Bundesmarine for storage. |
This was the "V3" site in Northern France. Amazingly a Tallboy hit and went down the shaft of one of the guns and detonated at its base. This caused a huge secondary explosion, killing hundreds of slave workers and wrecking the facility.
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