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
oil depot, ruins, bunker, France, 

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• Maisons des Illustres page^@
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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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  carrières du Becquet ⓘ
  

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1943 Sottevast V2 bunker

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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
link	page		Base Mérimée page@		Wikidata
link	page		listed in the general inventory of cultural heritage page@		Wikidata
link	page		Maisons des Illustres page@		Wikidata
link	page		monument historique classé page@		Wikidata
link	page		monument historique inscrit page@		Wikidata
site	bunker		Launch site for V-1 flying bombs at Brécourt	oil depot, ruins, bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker	1943	Sottevast V2 bunker	ruins, bunker	Wikidata
site	mine		carrières du Becquet	quarry	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