The two Hospital bunkers within the Verteidigungsbereich Flushing / Vlissingen

Two bunkers were discovered during construction work at the
Prins Hendrikweg in Vlissingen. It was assumed that the entire 
bunker complex located here had been demolished in April 1980. 
Of the two bunkers that were found, only the two-meter-thick 
roof now appears to have been demolished.

Together with the Walcheren Archaeological Service, the Bunker 
Preservation Foundation conducted research on site. A number of 
finds were made, including two bunker stoves that were still in 
the bunker and some personal objects of soldiers such as a boot. 
The bunker number is also still printed on the wall: Vlissingen 
015-119 (support point Vlissingen 015, bunker 119).

In September and October 1944, the remnants of the German 15th Army 
sailed from Zeeuws-Vlaanderen to Vlissingen. Thousands of German 
soldiers were able to escape the Allied army that had already captured 
Antwerp. A large number of injured people must have been patched up 
in the hospital bunker (type 118c) in the hospital complex at Prins 
Hendrikweg. Two dressing stations of the type 134S (Sani: medical) 
had been built for the less serious cases and for recovery. This was 
a modified design of the ammunition bunker type 134, with a widening 
in the corridor to make maneuvering with stretchers easier.