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Flak Searchlight Position Rottershäuser Höhe

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Flak Searchlight Position Rottershäuser Höhe

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  • Location: Oerlenbach, Landkreis Bad Kissingen, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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    September 22, 2021

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    FlaK headlight position "Rottershäuser Höhe"

    One of 3 anti-aircraft headlight positions was located here during World War II.

    The anti-aircraft headlight positions were in a triangle (distance approx. 3000 m leg length)

    During the overflight or air raid on the air tank farm, the respective listening teams turned on the flak searchlights

    roughly determined the approach direction and gave these values to the headlight positions

    through, they switched their powerful 150 at night when the enemy aircraft approached

    cm headlights and initially formed a search field. When detecting an aircraft
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