Sottevast

Sottevast
The church of Saint-Hermeland
Sottevast
Location within Lower Normandy region  Sottevast
Coordinates: 49°31′25″N 1°35′35″W / 49.5236°N 1.5931°WCoordinates: 49°31′25″N 1°35′35″W / 49.5236°N 1.5931°W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Manche
Arrondissement	Cherbourg
Canton	Bricquebec
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Françoise Bougie
Area^1	10.82 km^2 (4.18 sq mi)
Population (1999)^2	1,196
• Density	110/km^2 (290/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	50579 / 50260
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Sottevast is a commune in Normandy in north-western France.

Sottevast
Part of Nazi Germany
France
Coordinates	49°33′0.54″N 1°35′35.15″E / 49.5501500°N 1.5930972°E
Type	bunker
Site history
In use	captured before being used
Battles/wars	Operation Crossbow

Sottevast in World War II

Sottevast was a German storage and servicing bunker for V-weapons.^[1] The site was captured by the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division during the Normandy campaign.^[2][3]

Chronology

Date	Result
February 29/March 1, 1944	One Mosquito to a "flying-bomb site" at "Sottevast"[4]
April 28, 1944	Mission 325: 18 of 106 B-17s bomb the Sottevast, France V-weapon site and targets of opportunity; clouds prevent most B-17s from bombing; 2 B-17s are lost (1 has 6 KIA and 5 POW) and 47 damaged; 3 airmen are WIA and 21 MIA. Escort is provided by 46 P-47s without loss.[5]
May 8, 1944	Mission 345: 384th Bombardment Group.[6]

References

1. tbd (tbd). "tbd". Check date values in: |date= (help)
2. "Welcome to the 504th PIR Association". DotNetNuke Corporation. Retrieved 2008-09-09.
3. Stever, H. Guyford. In War and Peace. p. 47. Retrieved 2008-09-09.
4. "Campaign Diary Feb 1944". Royal Air Force Bomber Command 60th Anniversary. UK Crown. Retrieved 2007-05-24.
5. "8th Air Force 1944 Chronicles". Retrieved 2007-05-25. 1944: April, May, June, July, August, September
6. 384th BG Mission Almanac Mission 103