WN64 & WN65 Omaha Beach Map 1412OT N 49 21.872 W000 51.760
La Vallee du Ruquet is situated in the centre of Omaha beach and the main
armament of WN64 was a 50 mm cannon housed in a type H667 casemate that was only
completed in late April 1944.
Also installed here were two mortars housed in tobruks, and covering the road
further up the hill was an old 75 mm gun hidden in the woods.
The casemate is the centrepiece of many photos taken late on D-day and
subsequent days.
On the other side of the valley and slightly further up the hill was WN64 which
was equipped with a captured Russian cannon of 76.2 mm, ammunition for which
must have been extremely difficult to find. This was the first draw to be
cleared on D-day.
