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Re: Hull Thickness
Posted by: Rainer Bruns ()
Date: March 01, 2003 04:02AM

Hi Robert,
The "Fangrost" was what I was talking abt. in my last post.
Irrespective of the sources quoted by you, it is a fact, that no concrete pen/bunker's roof was penetrated by any kind of Allied bomb, where such bombcatchers were installed. Repeat none.
Only penetration of bunker roofs were acchieved, where such Fangroste were not yet installed.
I was able to tour Valentine, when I was supervising the building of two small container ships across the river in the early 70's.
There were indeed two impressively big holes in the roof in the 1/3 end portion near the river. By no means was the 'roof brought down'. By war's end Valentine was still unfinished and Fangroste were not installed. Today Valentine is used by a Logistics Outfit of the German Army as a storage facility. Rgds, RB

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Hull Thickness Wayne Hendrix 02/26/2003 12:20AM
Re: Hull Thickness Rainer Bruns 02/26/2003 02:37AM
Re: Hull Thickness ROBERT M. 02/26/2003 03:43AM
Re: Hull Thickness Rainer Bruns 02/26/2003 04:40AM
Re: Hull Thickness ROBERT M. 02/27/2003 11:21PM
Re: Hull Thickness Rainer Bruns 02/28/2003 01:17AM
Re: Hull Thickness ROBERT M. 03/01/2003 01:38AM
Re: Hull Thickness Rainer Bruns 03/01/2003 04:02AM
Re: Hull Thickness ROBERT M. 03/01/2003 05:16AM
Re: Hull Thickness Scott 02/26/2003 08:58PM
Re: Hull Thickness Rainer Bruns 02/27/2003 03:13AM
Re: Hull Thickness Scott 02/27/2003 07:54PM
Re: Hull Thickness Rainer Bruns 02/27/2003 09:40PM
Re: Hull Thickness ROBERT M. 02/27/2003 10:26PM
Re: Hull Thickness Rainer Bruns 02/28/2003 01:08AM
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