{"id":3642,"date":"2022-12-06T21:11:33","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T21:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bunkermuseumantwerpen.be\/?page_id=3642"},"modified":"2023-09-15T16:08:23","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T16:08:23","slug":"reichenberg-overlevers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bunkermuseumantwerpen.be\/en\/reichenberg-overlevers\/","title":{"rendered":"Reichenberg survivors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The last of the 175 built examples in the world.<\/i><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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One of those that eventually fell into the hands of the Allies was donated to the city of Antwerp.<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The city of Antwerp received the exceptional object from its savior during WW2, Colonel Armstrong.
<\/b>Together with his 22,000 men from \u201cAntwerp X\u201d, he had managed to save the city and its crucial port from destruction by V1s. More information about the city's relationship with Armstrong can be found on our \u201cAntwerp and Armstrong<\/a><\/span>\" page. He donated the Re4 so that later generations of Antwerp residents could remember the sad but proud period in which Antwerp and \u201cAntwerp X\u201d helped determine the end of WW2 in the West, when Hitler launched his last major offensives over land and in the air to the city and its harbour.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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In 1945 the Antwerp Re4 \u201cWasserlaufer\u201d, a variant against sea targets, was exhibited for the first time at the Steen.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u201cAntwerp, 25 June 1945.
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Madam, Sirs,

Mister General Armstrong, commander of well known formation Antwerp \u201cX\u201d, who defended our city against the flying bombs, had, in remembrance of this battle donated a shot down V1. The craft, which was heavily damaged and not fitted with wings, was replaced on the 12th of this month with a brand new example (partly still in its original packing) and which was captured by the American Army.
As at that time the exposition \u201cSince 1939\u2033 opened on the Groenplaats, where a complete V1 was on display \u2013 i did not find it appropriate to display our V1, all the more since Captain Edgar had reported, that it was the intention of General Armstrong to also supply the Mayor with a V4, which would be more suited for display.
On the 23rd of this month this piloted flying bomb (V-4) was delivered. It is a new example, also captured in Germany. The fast advance of the Allied armies stopped the Germans from using these new killing devices. In consultation with the Mayor this V-4 was displayed in the garden at the north side of the Steen \u2013 near the walking terrace, where she had been put together Sunday by the American specialists. The services of City Buildings and Agri- and Horticultural works cleaned and prepared the garden Monday morning. To the press an announcement was sent about General Armstrong\u2019s gift and the exposition of the V-4.\nI thanked the American captain who delivered the gift in name of the City Council. I take the liberty of proposing you write an official letter to General Armstrong to thank him for this important donation, which testifies of his special attention for our city. May i ask you , to order the police to ensure special and constant security as long as the V-4 is displayed at the Steen.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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