WW2 GERMAN COMPASS ARTWORK INSIDE AIRFIELD BUNKER

Check out this amazing piece of artwork inside a Vf3 bunker on the edge of a former Luftwaffe airfield site in northern France.

Following Germany’s occupation in 1940, a series of airfields were established along the coast in the Pas de Calais region from Calais to Boulogne-sur-Mer.
This site – built for the offensive against Britain - is situated between the village of Ledquent and Marquise and was originally known as Marquise West.

It supported fighter groups from June 1940 until December 1940 when it ceased to host operational units. In April 1942 the airfield was non-operational and in September 1942 the site was handed over to the German Army.

As the runway was a grass strip type instead of paved it’s difficult to see the exact positions where the aircraft would have taken off and landed, but there are still a number of concrete buildings which supported the airfield to be found.
These are located around the village, camping site, and farm area where offices, storage buildings, and barracks were also built.

Today the most obvious buildings are the defensive machine gun positions in the form of three Vf3 MG and observation posts – one which also has an attached Tobruk - plus four Vf2a shelters, and a Wellblech.

Inside two of the Vf3 buildings you can see original artwork - one has a faded compass on the inner ceiling with distance markings and landmark diagrams, along with German slogans and an Iron Cross drawing.

This Vf3 has a much more elaborate compass marking on its ceiling with paintings of Luftwaffe fighters and bombers in action against the British. While the battle depictions are quite faded, the ceiling compass is in amazing condition.

Has anyone seen original artwork inside a bunker?

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