Theconcrete breezeblock walls of the launch ramp on the V1 launch site in the Le Bois des Huit-Rues near Hazebrouck, France.

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The concrete walls point towards London. A metal launch ramp would have sat between the two sloping (6 degrees) walls to protect from from blasts. "Le Bois des Huit-Rues houses a group of buildings connected by concrete tracks. The Bois is one of the 96 first generation sites built by the Germans 1n 1943 to launch V1’s against London. The peculiar shape of the three large storage buildings as seen from the air, led the British to christening them “ski sites”. Despite heavy bombing by the allies, the site remains in very good condition and most of the buildings survive." see

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Size: 3590px × 2370px
Location: Le Bois des Huit-Rues, Hazebrouck, France
Photo credit: © Maurice Savage / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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