Observation Bunker NV 6 Bombaye

This is bunker NV 6 from sector Neufchâteau-Visé from the 1st line of la Position Fortifiée de Liège (PFL) and belongs to fort Neufchâteau. It is the 6th bunker from this sector, which consists of 19 bunkers.

The walls of the bunkers from the PFL line were 1.3 meters thick reinforced concrete. They could withstand shelling with 150 mm shells. They were equipped with two steel doors. Only a few bunkers were connected to the electricity grid. Most had to be lit with storm lamps.

When after the war the bunkers lost their strategic value for the defense of Belgium, the metal of the hatches and doors was sold as scrap metal. Also, most of the plots on which they were located have been sold, so many bunkers now are on private plots.

The bunkers were built in the early 1930s.

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Source

• Text: Ed Lewandowski
• Photos: Fedor de Vries (1, 2), Ed Lewandowski (3, 4, 5)