Sottevast
Encyclopedia
Sottevast is a commune
in Normandy
in north-western France
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storage and servicing bunker
for V-weapons
. The site was captured by the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (World War II).
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in Normandy
Normandy
Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is in France.The continental territory covers 30,627 km² and forms the preponderant part of Normandy and roughly 5% of the territory of France. It is divided for administrative purposes into two régions:...
in north-western France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Bombing of Sottevast in World War II
Sottevast was a Nazi GermanyNazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
storage and servicing bunker
Bunker
A military bunker is a hardened shelter, often buried partly or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks...
for V-weapons
Vergeltungswaffe
V-weapons also, known in the original German as Vergeltungswaffen , were a particular set of long range artillery weapons designed for strategic bombing during World War II, particularly terror bombing and/or aerial bombing of cities. They comprised the V-1 flying bomb, the V-2 rocket and the V-3...
. The site was captured by the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (World War II).
| Date | Result |
|---|---|
| February 29/March 1, 1944 | One Mosquito to a "flying-bomb site" at "Sottevast" |
| April 28, 1944 | Mission 325: 18 of 106 B-17s bomb the Sottevast, France V-weapon site and targets of opportunity; clouds prevent most B-17s from bombing; 2 B-17s are lost (1 has 6 KIA and 5 POW)http://www.100thbg.com/mainpages/crews/crews5/lakin.htm and 47 damaged; 3 airmen are WIA and 21 MIA. Escort is provided by 46 P-47s without loss. |
| May 8, 1944 | Mission 345: 384th Bombardment Group. |