Widerstandsnest 27 ( ex 140 ) Le Hutrel

Morsalines, 50630, Quettehou
Normandie, France

Widerstandsnest 27 was crewed by elements of the 919th Grenadier Regiment belonging to the 709. Infanterie Division. It consisted of a bunker R680, armed with a 7.5 cm Pak 40. Initially this served to keep the D14 to Saint-Vaast at gunpoint, but the position was in 1944 already abandoned even before the invasion took place You can park in the vicinity of the bunker.

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Text by: Patrick Van Vaerenbergh

Photo(s): Patrick Van Vaerenbergh