Launch site for V-1 flying bombs at Brécourt

Brécourt was a Nazi Germany V-1 launching pad in Équeurdreville-Hainneville near Cherbourg, in Manche of Normandy, northern France. It was by far the largest V-1 launch complex ever built by the Luftwaffe, and the only one to feature two launching pads from the outset: one protected, the other underground. It was also the only large site to have been successively assigned to two different V-weapons: from July to December 1943 to the V-2 rocket, and from January 1944 to the V-1 flying bomb.

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Brecourt; Wasserwerk n°2; Ölkeller Cherbourg
V-1, V-2 rocket, 
oil depot, ruins, bunker, France, France, 

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  Battle of Val-de-Saire ⓘ
  1001 battle

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  Action at La Hogue ⓘ
  During the Nine Years War an English fleet destroys beached French ships near Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue (1692)

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  Action at Cherbourg ⓘ
  1692 military engagement

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  Raid on Cherbourg ⓘ
  1758 military operation

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  Action of 24 March 1811 ⓘ
  1811 minor naval engagement during the Napoleonic Wars

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  Battle of Cherbourg ⓘ
  1864 naval battle of the American Civil War

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  American airborne landings in Normandy ⓘ
  1944 United States combat operations during Operation Overlord

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  Battle of Cherbourg ⓘ
  1944 part of the Battle of Normandy during World War II

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  batterie anti-aérienne d’Auderville-la-Roche et La Valette ⓘ
  

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  Battery of Morsalines ⓘ
  

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  La Pernelle Battery ⓘ
  

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  La Pinoterie Battery ⓘ
  

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  Launch site for V-1 flying bombs at Brécourt ⓘ
  Nazi Germany bunker for launching for V-1 flying bombs in Équeurdreville-Hainneville near Cherbourg, France

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  Sottevast V2 bunker ⓘ
  WWII bunker complex for launching V2-weapons in Sottevast near Cherbourg, in Normandy, France built by the forces of Nazi Germany between 1943 and 1944

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  Fort Central ⓘ
  

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  Fort Chavagnac ⓘ
  

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  Fort de l'Est ⓘ
  

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  Fort de l'île Pelée ⓘ
  

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  Fort de l'Ouest ⓘ
  

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  Fort des Couplets ⓘ
  

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  Fort du Roule ⓘ
  fortifications in Cherbourg-Octeville, France

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  Fort du Tôt ⓘ
  

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  Fort Flamands ⓘ
  

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  Fort Querqueville ⓘ
  

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  Fort du Cap-Lévi ⓘ
  

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  Cherbourg Naval Base ⓘ
  port in France

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  Redoutable ⓘ
  1967 Redoutable-class submarine

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  Prométhée ⓘ
  1930 Redoutable-class submarine

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  Vendémiaire ⓘ
  1910 Pluviôse-class submarine

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  HMS Capel ⓘ
  1943 Evarts-class destroyer escort

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II Q362

1001-01-01T00:00:00Z

1001-01-01T00:00:00Z

1001 Battle of Val-de-Saire

1692-05-23T00:00:00Z

1692-05-23T00:00:00Z

1692 Action at La Hogue

1692-06-01T00:00:00Z

1692-06-02T00:00:00Z

1692 Action at Cherbourg

1758-08-07T00:00:00Z

1758-08-16T00:00:00Z

1758 Raid on Cherbourg

1811-03-24T00:00:00Z

1811-03-25T00:00:00Z

1811 Action of 24 March 1811

1864-06-19T00:00:00Z

1864-06-19T00:00:00Z

1864 Battle of Cherbourg

1944-06-06T00:00:00Z

1944-07-13T00:00:00Z

1944 American airborne landings in Normandy

1944-06-06T00:00:00Z

1944-06-30T00:00:00Z

1944 Battle of Cherbourg

1943-07-01T00:00:00Z

1943-07-01T00:00:00Z

1943 Sottevast V2 bunker

1801-01-01T00:00:00Z

1801-01-01T00:00:00Z

1801 Fort du Cap-Lévi

1943-08-16T00:00:00Z

1943-08-16T00:00:00Z

1943 HMS Capel

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Launch site for V-1 flying bombs at Brécourt - Cherbourg - France 80-G-254533

Launch site for V-1 flying bombs at Brécourt - Cherbourg - France 80-G-254530

Launch site for V-1 flying bombs at Brécourt - Cherbourg - France 80-G-254533

Launch site for V-1 flying bombs at Brécourt - Cherbourg - France 80-G-254530

Morgenthau Jr, Gen. John Clifford Hodges Lee and Col. Theodore Wyman inspecting the V-1 launch site, codenamed "Wasserwerk N°2", at Brécourt - 8 August 1944

Morgenthau Jr, Gen. John Clifford Hodges Lee and Col. Theodore Wyman inspecting the V-1 launch site, codenamed "Wasserwerk N°2", at Brécourt - 8 August 1944

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1001	Battle of Val-de-Saire	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1692	Action at La Hogue	naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1692	Action at Cherbourg	naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1758	Raid on Cherbourg	Kingdom of Great Britain, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1811	Action of 24 March 1811	France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1864	Battle of Cherbourg	United States, Confederate States of America, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1944	American airborne landings in Normandy	United States, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1944	Battle of Cherbourg	United Kingdom, United States, battle	Wikidata
link	page		Maisons des Illustres page@		Wikidata
link	page		monument historique classé page@		Wikidata
link	page		monument historique inscrit page@		Wikidata
link	page		listed in the general inventory of cultural heritage page@		Wikidata
link	page		Base Mérimée page@		Wikidata
object	watercraft		CSS Alabama	sloop-of-war	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Komet	merchant raider, armed merchantman, cargo ship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SM UB-78	Type UB III submarine, U-boat	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		batterie anti-aérienne d’Auderville-la-Roche et La Valette	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Battery of Morsalines	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		La Pernelle Battery	coastal battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		La Pinoterie Battery	coastal battery	Wikidata
site	bunker		Launch site for V-1 flying bombs at Brécourt	oil depot, bunker, ruins	Wikidata
site	bunker	1943	Sottevast V2 bunker	bunker, ruins	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Central	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Chavagnac	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort de l'Est	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort de l'île Pelée	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort de l'Ouest	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort des Couplets	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort du Roule	fort, fortress	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort du Tôt	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Flamands	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Querqueville	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1801	Fort du Cap-Lévi	fort	Wikidata
site	military base		Cherbourg Naval Base	port, naval base	Wikidata
site	museum		Redoutable	preserved watercraft, ballistic missile submarine, French Navy, museum ship	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		Prométhée	sunken vessel, fleet submarine, attack submarine, Redoutable-class submarine	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		Vendémiaire	Pluviôse-class submarine, sunken vessel, submarine	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1943	HMS Capel	destroyer escort, shipwreck, Evarts-class destroyer escort, Captain-class frigate	Wikidata
commons	image		Launch site for V-1 flying bombs at Brécourt - Cherbourg - France 80-G-254533		Commons
commons	image		Launch site for V-1 flying bombs at Brécourt - Cherbourg - France 80-G-254530		Commons
commons	image		Launch site for V-1 flying bombs at Brécourt - Cherbourg - France 80-G-254533		Commons
commons	image		Launch site for V-1 flying bombs at Brécourt - Cherbourg - France 80-G-254530		Commons
commons	image		Morgenthau Jr, Gen. John Clifford Hodges Lee and Col. Theodore Wyman inspecting the V-1 launch site, codenamed "Wasserwerk N°2", at Brécourt - 8 August 1944		Commons
commons	image		Morgenthau Jr, Gen. John Clifford Hodges Lee and Col. Theodore Wyman inspecting the V-1 launch site, codenamed "Wasserwerk N°2", at Brécourt - 8 August 1944		Commons