H.K.A.R. 1262 - 8 or 9 batteries ?

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Re: H.K.A.R. 1262 - 8 or 9 batteries ?

Post by duesentorben » 28 Jul 2022 12:23

Hey!
Thank you for your answer. That helped me.
I don`t have pictures of the bunkers and canons.
There are a lot of pictures where they are eating in the Kasino. Seemed to be more important than doing military stuff :wink:

some pictures in the attachments....

First and last one the grandfather of my girlfriend with his crew and the other one the grandfather at the beach.
His name is Oberleutnant Stahl. So the battery is named after him.
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Post by jopaerya » 28 Jul 2022 17:30

That sounds logical the name Stahl and thanks for sharing these photo's , Duesentorben
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Post by jopaerya » 28 Jul 2022 19:21

Thanks to Bernard Paich

The exact location of Oberleutnant Stahl with cigarette on photo 2 ( Baie d'Ecalgrain )
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Post by Manuferey » 28 Jul 2022 19:48

Thank you very much for sharing these pictures, duesentorben! :thumbsup:
And a new piece of the puzzle found with the origin of the name Stahl for the battery. This was not some kind of a code name !

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Post by duesentorben » 28 Jul 2022 20:09

Wow!!! Thank you for finding out where the picture was taken!!! Next spring i will travel again to normandie and visit all the places from the pictures. I would like to show you two more pictures.
The first one from the inside of one of the bunkers.The communication room. The second one is also from a beach with a shot down airplane. Do you think that`s also Baie d'Ecalgrain?
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Post by jopaerya » 29 Jul 2022 07:10

The aircraft engine it's in Omonville la Roque , again thanks to Pernard Paich.
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Post by duesentorben » 29 Jul 2022 10:11

This is really amazing. Mr. Paich knows the coast very good! Does he have all these pictures by incidence or is he going there for the pictures? šŸ˜‰
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Re: H.K.A.R. 1262 - 8 or 9 batteries ?

Post by JKernwerk » 30 Jul 2022 12:35

Google Earth Streetview, not available for Germany, and I mean that there is no Streetview of Germany.
Sadly...
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Post by moonraker » 31 Jul 2022 22:41

hello,
the place of engine airplane and the document with name battery stahl .

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Post by duesentorben » 09 Aug 2022 13:55

Thank you very much!
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Re: H.K.A.R. 1262 - 8 or 9 batteries ?

Post by Melax » 21 Aug 2022 11:16

on atlantikwall.co.uk it sems as the "Stahl Batterie" would be the 1./HKAR 1262

http://www.atlantikwall.co.uk/atlantikw ... bstahl.php

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@ moonraker:
moonraker wrote: ā†‘
31 Jul 2022 22:41
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may I ask from which NARA roll you have found the document with the "Vermerk!"? I am really looking for any kind of ionformations about the HKAR 1262, so would be great to know were you found it :)

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Post by Manuferey » 21 Aug 2022 12:40

Melax wrote: ā†‘
21 Aug 2022 11:16
 on atlantikwall.co.uk it sems as the "Stahl Batterie" would be the 1./HKAR 1262

http://www.atlantikwall.co.uk/atlantikw ... bstahl.php

regards,
Alexander
Yes, Stahl Batterie = 1./HKAR 1262.
We listed the batteries of HKAR 1262 in the first post of this thread:
viewtopic.php?p=1066926#p1066926

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Re: H.K.A.R. 1262 - 8 or 9 batteries ?

Post by v60pih » 22 Aug 2022 12:41

Hello, Stahl is on a private property. Does anyone know whom to ask permission for a visit?
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Post by moonraker » 29 Aug 2022 20:30

v60pih wrote: ā†‘
22 Aug 2022 12:41
 Hello, Stahl is on a private property. Does anyone know whom to ask permission for a visit?


hello,

You speak french ? because the farmer does not speak English ? the land belongs to the lecouvey family.

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Re: H.K.A.R. 1262 - 8 or 9 batteries ?

Post by v60pih » 29 Aug 2022 20:33

Thank you, i will give it a try.
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