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Raffles and Prizes Info
D-Day Plus Seventy
Pointe du Hoc
is a prominent 100 foot (30 m) cliff overlooking the English Channel on the
coast of
To provide increased defensive capability, the Germans began upgrading the
battery in the Spring of 1944 with fully enclosed H671 concrete casements.
The plan was to build six casements but two were unfinished when the
location was attacked. These casements were built over and in front of the
circular gun pits that housed the 155mm French cannons. Also built was a
H636 observation bunker and L409a mounts for 20mm Flak 30 anti-aircraft
cannon. The 155mm guns would have threatened the Allied landings on both
The location was bombed in April 1944 and following this the Germans removed
the French 155mm cannons. During preparation for Operation Overlord it was
determined that Pointe du Hoc would still need to be attacked by ground
forces to prevent the Germans using the casements for observation purposes.
The
Award Plaques Examples of the award plaques are posted below. Click on the thumbnail to see the larger picture.
1. Super-Raffle - Eclipse CS ECL 4500 Airbush and Smart Jet IS 850 Compressor Combo. Donated by Iwata. $5.00 per raffle ticket. Ticket sales cut-off at 6:00 PM Saturday night, with ticket to be drawn at the Awards Ceremony. Must be present at Awards Ceremony to win.
2. Door Prizes - Several Door Prizes of special model kits will occur at the Awards Ceremony. Chile Con registrants will receive a Door Prize ticket in their registration package folder. Must be present at Awards Ceremony to win.
3. Raffle - Model kits, books, decals sheets, and other goodies. Chile Con registrants will receive one Raffle ticket in their registration package folder. Additional tickets can be purchased for $1.00 each. Winning tickets drawn throughout the day, with numbers announced via loudspeaker and posted at the Raffle Station.
4. Additional Goodies. A lucky few model entrants will find some real chile peppers in their folders (suitable for framing - well, sort of).
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