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IW and F1 on 19th August 1943

IW and F1 on 19th August 1943

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)

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RAF Recce photo taken 21st August 1944 of region around F1

RAF Recce photo taken 21st August 1944 of region around F1

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)

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Storage vessel within F1 boundary

Storage vessel within F1 boundary

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)