"Es flogen gegen England" - It flew against England - Dover, Kent
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N 51° 07.296 E 001° 18.867
31U E 382038 N 5664698
A section of armour plating, taken from one of the WW2 German Channel guns, placed on a monument sited on Dover's promenade.
Waymark Code: WMETTC
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/07/2012
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Sited along the promenade at Dover is a monument
displaying a section of armour plating from one of the captured German Channel Guns sited in Sangatte.
Captured in 1944 by Canadian troops, the guns were dismantled, and
this section of armour plating was presented to Dover by the British Legion Calais
Branch. Above the section of armour plating is a panel which displays
the recorded dates of 84 huge shells fired at Dover by that particular
gun. The section of Armour plating is
inscribed;
PRESENTED TO THE TOWN OF DOVER / BY THE BRITISH LEGION, CALAIS BRANCH
Section of armoured plating dismantled from one of the German long
range guns at Sangatte, Calais. The 84 rounds recorded formed part of
the 2226 shells fired from these batteries at the harbour and town of
Dover during the period 1940 to 1944.
Erected by The Dover Harbour Board 1954
Just one of the reasons Dover was called "Hellfire Corner"
during WW2.