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V1 Rocket Launch Site No. 528

V1 Rocket Launch Site No. 528

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V1 Rocket Launch Site No. 528

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Location: Hellendoorn, Overijssel, Netherlands

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Govert

July 24, 2021

It is a short walk from the parking lot.

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August 10, 2024

Here was a device to fire the German V-1 rockets towards Antwerp during the Second World War.

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Kim loopt 🐧🦿🇳🇱

October 17, 2024

v1 platform Vergeltungswaffe eins.
unmanned aircraft that could fly up to 830 kg
explosive charge over a distance of up to about 250 km. launching was done with a catapult setup.

These aircraft were first used by the Germans to bomb England. Later the aircraft were shot towards Antwerp to recapture this port city.

According to the diary of Henk Ponsteen this runway was put into use on 16 December 1944: "The Germans made a launching place for one of their secret weapons at the water reservoir. From half past five in the morning there is a mysterious buzzing in the mountain. "It seems that they are doing test runs."
On 28 March 1945 the launching track is out of use. In a period of 3 1/2 months about 500 V1's were launched.
All the piles are still in the ground. The base plate is also still there, but broken. Everything is underground. The first three uprights have been exactly copied by Gerard Pijnappel. Other uprights are indicated by means of posts. People then have an impression of the length of the track.
On January 5, 2018, the information board and launch track were unveiled in their current form.

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1. Across the heath loop from Haarle

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