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Malenis

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We discovered early on in our Belgium road trip to 'look only ahead' otherwise you'll never make it to your intended destination. Pulling up on the grass verge, we quickly scurried up the unmade road (must take a standard height vehicle next time), laughing hilariously at the sideways snow, our silly determination to see what lurks in the field and the risk of frostbite....ok maybe it wasn't that extreme but at the time I felt like I was about to be frozen in time.

The History
The battery was meant to protect the coastal batteries at Raversijde and was lead by the fire control post from the old WW1 Battery Aachen at Raversijde.

R611, numbers Ost W 08-459 and Ost W 08-458 - The photos show the two gun casemates for field guns. The concrete bunkers consisted of a gun room, two ammunition chambers resp. for grenades and cargoes and a crew stay on the other side, one suffered an internal explosion maybe by the retreating Germans or by the Canadians. A third R611 was started but never completed.

Scattered around are other structures which would have been: Several ammunition bunkers (type VF), a headquarters/living area, gun emplacements, anti glider obstacles.

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The one other structure I took a photo of....

 
Think I spotted the bunker that suffered the internal explosion, looks like it's roof was blown clean off and landed back in place:) Lovely little report Malenis, you two managed to cover a lot of military sites on your trip:encouragement:!
 

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