Bunker CS 8 Aywaille

This is bunker CS 8 from the sector Comblain-Sougné of the 1st line of defense of the city of Liège, la Position Fortifiée de Liège 1 (PFL 1).

This was the last sector of the PFL 1. This sector ran west into sector Sougné-Becco (SB). Sector CS consisted of 31 bunkers to the south and west of the once planned but never built Fortres of Sougné-Remouchamps.

Bunker CS 8 was camouflaged with natural stone so that it blended in with the local houses on the rightside of the river Amblève. The cutouts on the side were supposed to pass as windows. The bunker guarded the bridge over the river Amblève. The bunker is no longer accessible.

The walls and ceiling of the bunkers from the PFL line are 1.3 meters thick of reinforced concrete. They could withstand shelling with 150mm shells. They were built in the early 1930’s.

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.

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Source

• Text: Ed Lewandowski
• Photos: Ed Lewandowski