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FORMER BELGIAN NIKE AIR DEFENSE GUIDED MISSILE SITE IN GERMANY - NIDEGGEN - |
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Battery 13th MSL Btn |
Established: | 1959 |
| Combat Site Occupation: | 1962 | NATO assignment: | Yes |
| Deactivated: | 1990 | Custodian: | 43rd Artillery Detachment |
| Download: | History | Temporary Site: |
Bierset / Soller |
| "Nike Sites in Germany" | |||
| Local government & community: | Düren | Remarks: |
ATBM capability 1969 till 78 |
| If you use "Google Earth" download Nike Sites in Germany and fly to all the missile sites in Germany. Unzip the file (Rename it if you want.) and store it in a folder of your choice. Open the file while you are "Online" with Google Earth. | |||
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Google Satellite Photo Total View |
Google Satellite Photo Launching Area (LA) |
Google Satellite Photo Integrated Fire Control (IFC) Area |
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Part of the old
AJAX Site 2000 |
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| 1. You can`t miss the site! |
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| 2. Entrance to the old AJAX launching area. |
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4. Old AJAX missile section. | 5. |
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| 6. A leftover. Part of a Hercules warhead container? |
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7. Cable runs. |
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8. The AJAX section bunker looks different in comparison to the Hercules bunker. | 9. |
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| 10. The main entrance to the modified Hercules launching area. |
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11. A guard shack I guess. |
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12. Mister Eskenz. He was very helpfull...thanks again! (He is related to Margot Eskenz.) |
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13. The "Ready Hut" to the left. | 14. |
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| 15. The missile assembly building. |
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17. The LRSP watchtower. | 18. Look in the guardroom at the top of the tower. |
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The former
Integrated Fire Control (IFC) area. (In 2000 the site was occupied by asylum seeker.) |
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| 20. The IFC in a distance. |
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21. Main entrance to the IFC area. |
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22. The guard shack. | 23. The "Ready Hut" to the left. |
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| 24. Former "Wing Ops"? The building was home for the asylum seeker. |
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25. Oil tank & AC power generator shack. |
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26. The InterConnecting Building (ICB). | 27. |
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| 28. ICB entrance. |
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29. View toward the "Ready Hut". |
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30. HIPAR building. | 31. The HIPAR building. Note the foundation for the HIPAR antenna pedestal in front. |
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| 32. HIPAR AC power generator & converter building. |
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34. View from the radar mound toward the HIPAR building. | 35. On the radar mound. |
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| Soldiers formerly assigned to this site: | |||
| Name: | Year: | e-mail: | Remarks: |
| Robert Rivenburgh | 8/1964 - 8/ 1967 | rivenburgh - cisbec.net | |
| Bruce Bennett |
1/68 - 7/69 |
subwaybruce - juno.com | |
| Dennis W. Welch |
1974 - 1977 |
DENNIS.W.WELCH - LMCO.COM | |
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My name is
Robert Rivenburgh I served with the 52nd. A Btry. at Hq and Hq.
Company Thum Germany and 43rd. Arty. Det. Euskirchen Germany from..
Sure would like to know where my old friends are. It's been a long
time. I'm a teacher, (retired), married for 35 years with 5 children
and 11 grand children. Amateur radio operator W2RCR Robert C. Rivenburgh Sr. 900 Rock City Road No.77 Ballston Spa, NY 12020 |
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Thank you for
the wonderful pictures of the 43rd Det.....I was the first female
soldier assigned to Alpha Battery in Thum in 1979. It was a
wonderful experience and sometimes a challenge, since I worked with
the infantry soldiers in the security section most of the time.
They had a hard time at the beginning accepting a female soldier,
but eventually they became like brothers to me. I had wonderful
friends there and many wonderful memories. It was nice to see the
pictures of the site and especially the barns I guarded so many
nights when the strong winds would set off the alarms. My name then
was Vaughda Murr, but afer I got divorced it was Vaughda Wooten
(still is) and I would love to get in touch with my friends from
that time. I did stay in the Army for 22 years and retired and now
teach JROTC in Kentucky. I worked on Nike Hercules, HAWK, and
Patriot systems before I retired. Thanks again for the site. 1SG (Ret) Vaughda Wooten wvaughda@hotmail.com |
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