View Single Post
  #45 (permalink)  
Old December 30th, 2007, 11:25 PM
272VGD.'s Avatar
272VGD. 272VGD. is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Gilze, Netherlands.
Posts: 467
272VGD. has a spectacular aura about272VGD. has a spectacular aura about
Default Re: Fliegerhorst Gilze-Rijen. Archaeology & Research.

Well here it is... A year ago in November I was searching in the woods near Rijen where a munitiondump was located in the war. Not the small stuff but the 2000kg bombs. After a while I found some shelters where these things were lying in. You can see them vaguely as you walk by.


After many hours and some small cartridjes and a lot of trash... I found this!!


... And look after cleaning.







I have asked on lot of forums, Dutch and german and send a lot of emails but nobody can tel me exactly what this object is for... It has something to do with a bombhatch... But what exactly is still a riddle for me? So information is wanted!! The text calls:
Schliessvorgang
Knopf eindrucken Hebel
gleichzeitig schliessen
Offnungsvorgang
Knopf 2mal eindrucken.

I know what it means in Dutch but I have a little trouble to translate it in English.
I'll give it a go.
Close ....
Push button, close the handle at the same time.
Open .....
Push button x 2
__________________
Eine Lichtung im Walde wo die Sonne scheint.
Eingeschlossen durch Bäume sind wir gefangen,
in dieser Lichtung Gottes...


Last edited by 272VGD.; December 31st, 2007 at 11:29 AM.
Reply With Quote