27 Aug 1943
France
France
- 187 B-17 aircraft of US 9th Air Force attacked the German V2 bunker Blockhaus d'Éperlecques near Watten in Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, redering the site mostly inoperable. ww2dbase [La Coupole | V-Weapons Campaign | Wizernes, Nord-Pas-de-Calais | AC]
4 Mar 1944
France
France
- A British photo-reconnaissance flight by a Spitfire aircraft revealed concrete mixing was being conducted under camouflage netting beside the railway near Wizernes in northern France, and it was later determined that the site might possibly be intended for the launching of a large rocket. ww2dbase [La Coupole | V-Weapons Campaign | Wizernes, Nord-Pas-de-Calais | AC]
18 Jun 1944
France
France
- British No. 617 Squadron attacked the 20-foot thick concrete dome containing V-2 rockets at Wizernes, France without success. They would return to this target on multiple occasions in the following month. ww2dbase [V-Weapons Campaign | Vergeltungswaffe 2 | La Coupole | Bombing of Cities in France and Low Countries | Wizernes, Nord-Pas-de-Calais | AC]
24 Jun 1944
France
France
- British No. 617 Squadron attacked the 20-foot thick concrete dome containing V-2 rockets at Wizernes, France with "Tallboy" bombs. The bombs caused extensive damage to buildings, roads and railway lines. ww2dbase [V-Weapons Campaign | La Coupole | Vergeltungswaffe 2 | Bombing of Cities in France and Low Countries | Wizernes, Nord-Pas-de-Calais | AC]
17 Jul 1944
France
France
- Bombers of British No. 617 Squadron attacked the German V2 rocket site at Wizernes, France. ww2dbase [V-Weapons Campaign | La Coupole | Wizernes, Nord-Pas-de-Calais | AC]
20 Jul 1944
France
France
- Bombers of British No. 617 Squadron attacked the German V2 rocket site at Wizernes, France. ww2dbase [V-Weapons Campaign | La Coupole | Wizernes, Nord-Pas-de-Calais | AC]
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