Musée radar Douvres

(Radar Museum Douvres)

Location:

Near the town of Douvres-la-Délivrande, Normandy, France. This museum is part of the "D-Day Le Choc" ("D-Day the collision") route in Normandie. This is one of the 8 tourist routes that guide you through the Normandy battlefields. You can find information on these routes with most of the tourist offices.The routes are very well signed

Address:
Musée radar Douvres
Douvres-la-Délivrande
Phone: +33-31-377443

Description:

The museum is on a part of an old German W.W.II radar station, called "Funkmeßstellung Distelfink" by the Germans. The museum is part of the Le Mémorial - Un Museé pour la Paix in Caen. Interesting are an original German radar "Wurzbürg Riese" and the restored commandbunker of the radar station.

Opening hours:

Daily from 09:00 - 19:00

Part of the museum area with at the background a Fu.M.G. 65 (or "Wurzbürg-Riese") radar. This is the only radar that can be seen at it's original location..

De underground nervecentre of the radar station. It is bunker type L 479 ("Unterstand für Fu.M.G. - Auswertung Jafü "Anton" (Zweigeschossig)"). The bunker is renovated as much as possible the way it used to be..