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Photo showing Werk Süd with IW on the left and F1 on the right taken on 19th August 1943. The photo shows only light damage to the main halls, although F1 was actually hit at least 11 times, and hits to the separate single storey workshops to the right of the IW hall. The long storage (oil and paint?) shed above IW and the woodworking shop at the top of the picture appear undamaged. Anti-aircraft platforms (at least 3) can be seen on the roof of IW but that seem to be empty of guns. F1 shows two AAA platforms (there was at least 3 at this stage and maybe more) and they may have guns installed. General W. Dornberger mentions defensive AA artillery fire from the from the roof of F1 in his 1952 book V2 (1954 in English).

Album: Peenemünde research: Werk Süd (South works) region

Categories: Peenemünde-Usedom-locations Production plant (Versuchsserienwerk)

Tags: #Fertigungshalle Eins (F1) #Werk Sud (South Works) #IW Repair & Maintenance Hall (R&MH)

RAF reconnaissance photo showing the Werk Süd region with the F1 pre-production hall and to the north the IW repair and maintenance hall, centre right, and road rail links to Prüfstand XI (Test Stand 11, circular rampart centre left) heading directly left from F1. P-XI was conceived to provide engine test facilities for the nearby pre-production hall. Scroll down to see GPS map, the marker index is set to the centre of P-XI, click map and switch to satellite view and you will see that only a small section of the circular rampart remains visible. You can easily zoom out to cover the coast area where F1 and the equally large Repair & Maintenance Workshops are located. The area immediately surrounding P-XI is now contained within a commercial farming operation with sheep appearing to be the staple – or was anyway, at the time of our first visit to the vicinity in 2010 and our last in 2017 – none of the sheep seemed to recognise us though so they may have changed. (for access to restricted areas click here)

Album: Peenemünde research: Werk Süd (South works) region

Categories: Peenemünde-Usedom-locations

Tags: #Fertigungshalle Eins (F1) #Peenemünde #IW Repair & Maintenance Hall (R&MH)

RAF Recce photo taken 21st August 1944 of region around F1. The GPS marker for this photo is pegged on the lowest of the three fire fighting cisterns clearly visible in the image (in the center about a third the way up from the bottom of the image). Scroll down below this text for map and switch to ‘Satellite view’ where the fire fighting cistern can still be clearly seen today.(for access to restricted areas click here)

Album: Peenemünde research: Werk Süd (South works) region

Categories: Peenemünde-Usedom-locations

Tags: #Fertigungshalle Eins (F1) #Werk Sud (South Works)

Picture shows parts of V2 missile fin structure laying on open ground near area between admin offices and F1 (near Admin. block railway platform, see map).

Album: Peenemünde research: Werk Süd (South works) region

Categories: Peenemünde-Usedom-locations V2 Missile relics

Tags: #Fertigungshalle Eins (F1) #HAP #HVP #Peenemünde #Werk Sud (South Works) #V2 Missile relics

Picture shows metal debris within the F1 factory boundary walls. The purpose of the part buried liquid storage vessel in the foreground is unknown but it is not a vessel capable of being pressurised. Other assorted metal debris include pipe and cable wall cleats, as well as steel armature rods from reinforced concrete castings (powerful demolition explosions have freed the steel rods from the concrete). These reinforcement rods are a common sight in the environs of Fertigungshalle Eins (F1) and the nearby Repair & Maintenance Hall (R&MH).

Album: Peenemünde research: Werk Süd (South works) region

Categories: Peenemünde-Usedom-locations

Tags: #HAP #HVP #Peenemünde #Werk Sud (South Works) #Fertigungshalle Eins (F1)