Photos from
the newspaper
"Le Courrier Cauchois" (September 1997)
taken by
M. Jean Lenormand
an engineer in Louvetot  

In August 1944, the Germans, who had bricked up the windows of the central building because of air raids by the RAF, set the building alight, including the roof. Note the feeder emerging from the debris... 

The pylon on the ground: showing the china base that acted as the insulator. The Germans placed a mine on one of the three guide wires. 

The team of technicians (from l. to r.):
Joseph Bouffay, gardener,
Jean Lenormand, engineer,
Mr. Le Deunf, the station manager of Louvetot,
Mr. Michel, engineer,
Joseph Malandain, engineer,
and Rémi Picard, engineer.

The last four worked in Fécamp for Radio Normandy. Mr. Le Deunf made his first tests in 1925 in Contremoulins for Radio Fécamp. Mr. Picard had been appointed in 1937 and Mr. Malandain in 1933 to Radio Normandy. M. Lenormand continued his work after the war, in Louvetot (which became a relay station). All are alive, except M. Bouffay. Mr. Michel, was also a guard and organised station visits on Sundays.