Jacque Poulet (undercover SOE Agent) working on the railway, heard the word that the main line would be cleared that evening for a special German armaments train. Later on he met up with Monique and as darkness fell they headed up to the edge of town..
They waited in cover by a platelayer's hut; about 15 minutes later they could hear the train approaching. Two tank engines came into view pulling a Nouvion bound train, they couldn't see much else in the gloom...
then as a couple of goods wagons passed them out of the gloom loomed a large German railway gun...
Jacque and Monique headed back to town, a radio message had to be sent - the Germans looked like they were setting up a battery of railway guns near Nouvion. They already knew of one possibly working out of a tunnel on a disused branch line, the one they'd seen that evening would make two in the area .....
2 comments:
Now that is a surprise.
Saw the gun on Ebay - trainiac impulse buy (military and trains)
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