- List of V-1 storage depots
To supply
World War II V-1 flying bomb s to launch sites in theCalais region, Germany began construction on several storage depots in August 1943:cite book |last=Henshall|first=|title=Hitler’s Rocket Sites|year=1985|publisher=St Martin's Press|location=|isbn= |pages=p143,152,187,209]
*Renescure nearSaint-Omer (finished November 1943, bombedJune 16 1944 )cite web|last=|first=|url=http://www.airwarweb.net/usaaf/8af_1944.php|title=8th Air Force 1944 Chronicles|work=|accessdate = 2007-05-25|publisher= 1944: [http://www.airwarweb.net/usaaf/8af_1944-01.php January] , [http://www.airwarweb.net/usaaf/8af_1944-02.php February] , [http://www.airwarweb.net/usaaf/8af_1944-06.php June] , [http://www.airwarweb.net/usaaf/8af_1944-07.php July] , [http://www.airwarweb.net/usaaf/8af_1944-08.php August] , [http://www.airwarweb.net/usaaf/8af_1944-09.php September] ]
*Sautricourt near Saint-Pol (bombedJune 16 1944 )
*Domléger nearAbbeville (bombedJune 14 & 161944 ) [http://www.web-birds.com/8th/466/missions.html]
*Neuville-au-Bois in theSomme "département" (bombedJune 21 1944 , never completed)
*Saint-Martin-l'Hortier (bombedJune 21 &July 1 ,1944 , never completed)
*Biennais (never completed) For serving the 10 launch sites planned forNormandy , a depot was constructed at
*Beauvais (bombedJune 14 , 15 & 161944 )A depot to serveCherbourg launches was near
*Valognes By February/March 1944, a plan for three new underground V-1 storage sites was put into effect for
*Nucourt betweenPontoise andGisors (bombedJune 22 1944 )
*Saint-Leu-d'Esserent
*Rilly-la-Montagne railway tunnel (nearReims ) (bombed July 24 &July 31 1944 .)cite web|last=|first=|url=http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/diary.html|title=Campaign Diary|work=Royal Air Force Bomber Command 60th Anniversary|accessdate = 2007-05-24|publisher=UK Crown 1944: [http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/jun44.html June] , [http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/jul44.html July] , [http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/aug44.html August] , [http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/sep44.html September] , [http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/oct44.html October] , [http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/nov44.html November] , [http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/dec44.html December] 1945: [http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/jan45.html January] , [http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/feb45.html February] , [http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/mar45.html March] , [http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/apr45.html April] ]A larger "Heavy Crossbow" [cite web
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title = Investigations of the "Heavy Crossbow" installations in Northern France.
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date = February 1945
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*Siracourt , between Calais and the river Somme,cite book |last=Ordway |first= Frederick I, III|coauthors=Sharpe, Mitchell R|title=The Rocket Team|series= Apogee Books Space Series 36|month= |publisher=Thomas Y. Crowell|location=New York|isbn=|pages=p118] as a V-1 storage depot.cite book |last=Irving|first=David|authorlink=David Irving|title=The Mare's Nest|year=1964|publisher=William Kimber and Co|location=London|pages=p168,220,245,246] TheSiracourt and Équeurdreville sites were completed as V-1 bunkers, but a bunker at Löttinghen never progressed beyond site clearance.cite book |last=Henshall|first=|title=Hitler’s Rocket Sites|year=1985|publisher=St Martin's Press|location=|pages=p147]Additionally, RAF historical records indicate flying-bomb stores at
*Bois de Cassan (bombed August 2-4, 1944)
* Forêt deNieppe (bombed July 24/25 & August 3, 1944)
* Trossy St. Maximin (bombed August 3-4, 1944) [http://www.gordonstooke.com/460squadron/aircraft_record.htm] [http://www.156squadron.com/display_missionhdr.asp?MissionId=75] and an additional source indicates a depot at
*Creil (bombed July 2, 1944) [http://www.edenbridgetown.com/in_the_past/bill_walters_story/aphrodite.shtml]References & Notes
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