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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)

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)

This picture shows a small debris field of steel fragments from the V2 missile 130m South-East of F1, and just 20m to the North East of the foundations of a small heat distribution building. Various body and frame parts can be seen and in the middle foreground a 350mm segment of curved missile body ring is visible. These parts have almost certainly been dug up and exposed by the action of metal detectorists. The metal fragments have been abandoned by their finders as they are perceived to have no financial value and hence are not worth removing from the site.

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

Categories: Peenemünde-Usedom-locations V2 Missile relics

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

This picture shows a close up detail of parts in a small debris field of steel fragments from the V2 missile 130m South-East of F1, and just 20m to the North East of the foundations of a small heat distribution building. Various body and frame parts can be seen and in the upper left and two segments of curved missile body ring are visible. See previous.

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

Categories: Peenemünde-Usedom-locations V2 Missile relics

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