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The Blockhaus at Eperlecques V2 rocket site



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The Blockhaus


Le blockhaus d Eperlecgues

The site is near to St Omer if you are driving from Calais. Take the A26 towards St Omer then the N 43 it is well signed posted. You turn off the N 43 down a narrow road to the village of Eperlecques.

The site is in the forest just through the village.

The base was built in 1943 to assemble and launch the V2 rocket.

The photos below show the bunker it is 75metres long x 35 metres wide and 33metres high


The Bunker


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You enter the site through a shop where you can buy books on the site in most languages.

There are also several items of interest from WWll.

In October the price was 7 euro to walk round the site.

As you walk toward this massive building you pass the railway wagons in which the prisoners were taken to the site to work.

You will see WWll vehicles and guns also bombs from the many air raids.

There is a good sound system in several languages which explains what you are viewing as you go round the site.

It includes the loud sound of an air attack on the base.

The Bunker



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The photos show the damage to the site the V2 launch pad and the tall boy bomb ,V1 rocket on ramp


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