Concrete workshop for rinsing the steam boiler in the V1 launch site in the Le Bois des Huit-Rues near Hazebrouck, France.
"The floor of this building/workshop comprised an extremely sophisticated system to evacuate fluids. It included three rooms: one- for washing the catapults steam boiler (the dampferzeuger) with large quantities of water, after each launch. The purpose of this was to eliminate all residuals of chemical products used in the operation(hydrogen potassium permanganate). The steam boiler, placed on a cart, was attached to the base of the ramp at the moment of launching. one- housing a compressor for a high pressure water hose to clean the boiler and around the ramp. one- used for pressurising the compressed air spheres loaded on the V1 and enabling functioning of its guidance instrument. " "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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Location: Le Bois des Huit-Rues, Hazebrouck, France
Photo credit: © Maurice Savage / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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