Cap Levi N49 41.543 W001 28.366 Map 1210E
To the east of Cherbourg on a tip of land stretching out into the sea the
Germans placed a large anti aircraft batterie, equipped with 20 mm Flak 30 guns.
Not only did it protect the approaches to the port itself, it also gave early
protection to the three gun batteries perched high on the hill inland. These
were Hamburg, Judee and Seealder. The third one being an old French fort that
the Germans used during the occupation. There was also a naval radar site placed
alongside in a V206 bunker. The anti aircraft installation on Cap Levi comprised
of two casemates, one of each of type L409, L410A. These provided accommodation
and ammunition storage for the four anti aircraft emplacements. The site has two
interesting features, the first being a guard post equipped with a machine gun
on the approach to the site, which is made almost entirely of red brick. The
second is the standard small beach obstacles to which the Germans welded a
rectangular plate. They were used to place lanterns on, during the hours of
darkness so that vehicles and personnel could find their way in the blackout.
There is an old French Fort on the site of the semaphore, which dates from the
1880's.
