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Stephen Fisher
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Author, historian & archaeologist, Lindblad Expeditions guide, National Geographic expert. Has a soft spot for WW2 Coastal Forces, landing craft, LCT 7074 & D-Day. Servant to Flynn. Writes books for Penguin.

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MTB 17 was almost certainly rammed by her own torpedo, which in this early model MTB was dropped over the stern. However there was no explosion.
October 22, 2025 at 6:17 AM
And another looking south over Vlissingen. On the left is the Noorderbegraafplaats cemetery. The road heading away on the left is Van Dishoeckstraat and leads to the shipbuilding yard at the docks.
📷 IWM CL 1502 & Google Maps.
October 10, 2025 at 9:22 AM
W3 sat in the woods behind the dunes and has been removed, flooded by the dyke breach and overgrown. There's a few scattered bits of concrete in the vicinity of the memorial on the dyke. maps.app.goo.gl/TVHNpohQNvg6...
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September 30, 2025 at 8:19 AM
A little more checking confirms that W1 was in the grounds of Fort de Ruyter: maps.app.goo.gl/fm2rrBo5LQ6w...
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September 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
September 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
W2 I’ve actually been too. They’re reasonably well preserved positions

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September 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Left W3, right W1
September 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Actually probably not W4
September 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Marine Flak Abteilung 810 were positioned around Flushing, specifically at W1, W2 and W3 strongpoints and probably W4.
September 29, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Here’s a better photo of my time in the Arctic. I’m afraid I’m still on the road and won’t be back home for another 3 weeks, but I can check my sources then. I’ll try and look through my digital files before then, but it might be tricky on an iPad!
August 31, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I haven’t I’m afraid, but I did visit Bluie West One in Greenland (as depicted in Masters of the Air). Currently sat in St John’s airport waiting to fly to Turkey.
August 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM