Todt or Friedrich August ??

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Todt or Friedrich August ??

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Post by jopaerya » 08 Sep 2009, 17:40

Hello

Does anyone know if this is M.K.B.Todt or Friedrich August , my first impression was Todt
but the slope landscape makes me think it's Friedrich August . Who can help me ??

Photo = Ebay.de

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Post by kstdk » 08 Sep 2009, 18:36

Hello

I cant make it fit Friederich August? Not from the position the picture is taken - on the map for the battery there are no positions in that direction from the gunbunkers?

I would go for Batterie Todt - turm 4 - but what is the position from where the picture is taken?

Is it the Leitstand or a flakposition? It seems closer than the Leitstand?

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Post by der bunkermann » 08 Sep 2009, 20:29

it's a cool picture anyway! 8-)
maybe the building on the rear left can help? looks like a factory or something like that
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Post by kstdk » 08 Sep 2009, 21:41

Hello

Yes you are right Tim - maybe it is´nt any of the two?

It looks like a larger city in the background?

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Post by jopaerya » 08 Sep 2009, 21:47

Hello Kurt and Tim

That could be buildings from Boulogne ?? for the position were the photo was been taken looks be me a flakgunmount .

Regards Jos

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Post by Heim62 » 09 Sep 2009, 09:45

Hi Folks,
it's hard to tell. I would say it is Todt but without to be 100% sure.
The picture seems to be made from north to south, and the watchman look at the sea. There are each time Farm buildings near each Turm, see my book page 150/151. So the building we see could be:
- Turm I, with farm Delattre on the right (just next the bunker) and the farm Hamain in the distance in the left
- Turm II, with farm Guilbert on the right and the farm Caron in the distance on the left
- Turm III with Hamain and Caron.

But these are just suppositions. There are Farms too around FA, and there is a strange long line on the horizon line (under the smoke cloud) I don't explain.

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Post by Manuferey » 13 Sep 2009, 15:16

It looks to me that it is MKB Friedrich-August by comparing the landscape with:

- MBK Friedrich-August today.
http://www.atlantikwall-frankreich.de/b ... eich05.htm

- Panoramic view of Türme 2 and 3 of MKB Todt. Scroll down at the bottom of the web page here:
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/gaz/hist.html

Here are two more pictures of the same series. Notice on the right of the top picture the wooden platform from which the picture at the beginning of this post was taken.

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Post by jopaerya » 15 Sep 2009, 07:18

Thanks Emmanuel

For the extra picture's , still not 100% sure about the picture's were it was taken .

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Post by jopaerya » 26 Sep 2011, 18:57

Same quistion , photo is from Ebay .

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Post by jopaerya » 03 May 2012, 21:21

Hello All

Any idea on this bunker on this Ebay picture ??

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Post by jopaerya » 10 Jul 2014, 09:53

Could this be a early picture of M.K.B. Friederich August .

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Post by jopaerya » 23 May 2015, 13:53

M.K.B. Friederich August during the construction of the gun bunkers , photo is from Ebay .

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Post by jopaerya » 19 Sep 2016, 20:17

A fantastic picture of the 30.5 cm gun inside the bunker at the M.K.B. Friederich August .

Photo = Ebay

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Post by jopaerya » 23 Dec 2016, 20:54

Could this be Friederich August ?? Photo is from Ebay .

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Post by dirk Peeters » 23 Dec 2016, 22:28

Yes it is for me Jos
Nice picture
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