Back to Normandy - Recently Added Listings - Air Force Operations https://backtonormandy.org/ Thu, 28 Mar 2024 11:45:21 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 MISSION NARRATIVE" SALZBURG, GERMANY, 21 APR 1945 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/test/usa-airforce-groups/support7864/215783-mission-narrative-salzburg-germany-21-apr-1945.html

MISSION NARRATIVE" SALZBURG, GERMANY, 21 APR 1945

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fredvogels Fri, 03 Nov 2023 11:19:02 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/test/usa-airforce-groups/support7864/215783-mission-narrative-salzburg-germany-21-apr-1945.html
JULIE A. BURRITT, L-216798, WAC, Headquarters First Allied Airborne Army https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/test/usa-airforce-support/support7020/215782-julie-a-burritt-l-216798-wac-headquarters-first-allied-airborne-army.html

JULIE A. BURRITT, L-216798, WAC, Headquarters First Allied Airborne Army, for meritorious achievement in connection with military operations.

As Codes and Ciphers Officer, Signal Staff Section, Captain Burritt was responsible for the planning, organization and distribution of intricate complicated systems for use in the airborne attack over the Rhine River in Germany in support of the Northern Group of Armies. Through her tireless efforts, fine technical ability, and sound judgment, a superior cryptographic standard was established and a system maintained which functioned perfectly throughout all formations of the First Allied Airborne Army prior to and during this operation. By her painstaking efforts and devotion to duty Captain Burritt reflected the highest qualities of an officer in the Women's Army Corps and was a source of inspiration to all with whom she was associated.

Entered the service from Rochester, New York.

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fredvogels Mon, 30 Oct 2023 13:25:25 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/test/usa-airforce-support/support7020/215782-julie-a-burritt-l-216798-wac-headquarters-first-allied-airborne-army.html
Handley Page Halifax VII (NP711 EQ-O) crashed on 1945-02-22 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/halifax/215140-handley-page-halifax-vii-np711-eq-o-crashed-on-1945-02-22.html

Handley Page Halifax VII (NP711 EQ-O) on a mission to Worms on 1945-02-22 crashed near Leistadt/Germany. More info at: https://www.forfreedom.ca/?p=3474

Crash occurred 2km west of Leistadt, Germany. Never reached target of Worms, Germany.
Aircraft remains recovered in 2018.
Crash occurred on Feb. 21, 1945, not Feb. 22.
 See first photo attached: IDs from left: RCAF rear gunner Donald Sherman, Navigator Reginald Smith, bomber William James Gilmore, Pilot Donald McWilliam Sanderson, Wireless Operator William W. Wagner and dorsal gunner Nels Andersen. Not pictured is engineer James Wilson, Royal Air Volunteer Reserve.
  • Sanderson, Donald McWilliam, Flt. Lt., Service Nr. J/29724, RCAF
  •  Anderson, Nels Peter Helin, Pilot Officer, Service Nr. C/95210, RCAF, Son of Hans Peter and Hulda Anderson, of Woodside, Manitoba, Canada. 
  • Gilmore, William James. Flying Officer, Service Nr. J37870, RCAF, Son of Wiliam James Gilmore and Faith Clark Gilmore, husband of Helen Neal Gilmore 
  • Smith, Reginald Bertram. Flying Officer, Service Nr. J/38711, RCAF, Son of Thomas B. Smith and Catherine Monica Smith, of Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • Wagner, William Wallace. Pilot Officer (W.Op./Air Gnr.), Service Nr. J/95503, RCAF, Son of Robert H. Wagner and Beryl Wagner, of Napanee, Ontario Canada
  • Wilson, James. Sergeant (Flt. Engr.), Service Nr. 1822188, RAF, Son of Thomas Wilson and Janet K. Wilson, of Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
  • Sherman, Donald Edison, Flt. Sgt., Service Nr. J/95492, RCAF
Info from Rob L. Wagner (cousin of W.W. Wagner)
 
An intersting doc about the Halifax:

 

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fredvogels Sat, 17 Sep 2022 10:35:11 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/halifax/215140-handley-page-halifax-vii-np711-eq-o-crashed-on-1945-02-22.html
Halifax mission to WUPPERTAL 24.6.43  https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/halifax/215139-halifax-mission-to-wuppertal-24-6-43.html

24.6.43 WUPPERTAL

171 Industrial premises and 3,000 houses were destroyed by the attacking force of 630 aircraft. A total of 34 failed to return, this period of operations was causing problems to the command suffering badly to enemy night fighters. Pathfinders had marked the target well and the main force was performing well however as more aircraft arrived the bombing crept away slightly. Post war research indicated that this raid had caused 94% damage to Wuppertal.

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fredvogels Wed, 08 Jun 2022 13:09:19 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/halifax/215139-halifax-mission-to-wuppertal-24-6-43.html
Halifax mission to MULHEIM, 22.6.43 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/halifax/215138-halifax-mission-to-mulheim-22-6-43.html

22.6.43 MULHEIM

The second target that Sgt Marvin and his crew went to was undertaken the very next night. Mulheim was a moderately sized town with a large proportion of industrial buildings. Bombing results were assessed as good with the main bomber force of 557 aircraft losing 35 aircraft.

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fredvogels Wed, 08 Jun 2022 13:05:29 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/halifax/215138-halifax-mission-to-mulheim-22-6-43.html
Halifax 21.6.43 mission to Krefeld https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/halifax/215137-halifax-21-6-43-mission-to-krefeld.html

21.6.43 KREFELD

This was the first operational sortie for Sgt Marvin and his crew the target was attacked by a heavy force of just over 700 aircraft. From that force 44 failed to return, the raid was undertaken before the moon period was over, the majority of casualties were lost to enemy night fighters.

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fredvogels Wed, 08 Jun 2022 13:01:03 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/halifax/215137-halifax-21-6-43-mission-to-krefeld.html
Short Stirling I (BF313 BU-T) crash https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/stirling/214660-short-stirling-i-bf313-bu-t-crash.html

Stirling Westernieland

In de nacht van 2 op 3 juli 1942 vertrok Short Stirling Mk I BF313 BU-T van het 214de Squadron van de basis Stradishall onder leiding van piloot en gezagvoerder K,D, Knocker als een van de 325 bommenwerpers die tot doel hadden Bremen te bombarderen. Volgens ooggetuigen is de Stirling ter hoogte van Ten Boer ten noordoosten van Groningen neergeschoten door de Duitse nachtjager van Oberfeldwebel Karl-Heinz Scherfling van de in Leeuwarden gestationeerde Gruppe II./NJG (Nachtjagdgeschwader) 2. Na door de nachtjager geraakt vliegt het vliegtuig al brandend over Eenrum, Kloosterburen, Wierhuizen, Pieterburen en Westernieland, ten noorden waarvan het om 01:50 boven het wad explodeert en neerstort (fig. 9.12).

Alle acht inzittenden komen hierbij om het leven; hun lichamen worden enkele dagen na de crash geborgen uit de wrakresten en met militaire eer begraven op het kerkhof van Westernieland. De wrakresten lagen over enorme afstanden verspreid. Hoewel door de Duitsers het nodige van het wrak geborgen wordt, blijven grote delen liggen. In mei 1979 worden door wadlopers van Dijkstra’s Wadlooptochten fragmenten van het vliegtuig teruggevonden. Aanleiding was het verdwijnen van mosselbanken als gevolg van ijsgang in de voorgaande winter. Ook in de hierop volgende jaren worden met enige regelmaat onderdelen van het vliegtuig aangetroffen tijdens wadlooptochten – tot 3 jaar geleden. Momenteel ligt de positie waar de meeste vondsten zijn gedaan onder een laag zand (pers. med. R. Dijkstra): bij een inspectie van de crashlocatie op 16 april 2015 werden inderdaad geen waarnemingen gedaan.

Fragment inspectieluik Rottumerwad

Op zaterdag 11 juli 2015 werd tijdens een georganiseerde wadlooptocht naar Rottumeroog door Stichting Wadloopcentrum Pieterburen een fragment van een vliegtuig aangetroffen. Op 

23 juli is de locatie opnieuw bezocht. De ruime omgeving van de vindplaats is hierbij met een metaaldetector en prikstok nader geïnspecteerd – er zijn geen aanwijzingen voor de aanwezigheid van meer vliegtuigonderdelen aangetroffen. Vermoedelijk betreft het dus een van elders met de vloedstroom meegevoerd onderdeel. Het gaat om een fragment van een inspectieluik gemaakt van stukken geklonken aluminium met een omvang van ca. 1,20 bij 0,50 m.

Na schoonmaken van het fragment blijken hierop geen gegoten delen (bruikbaar bij de identificatie van Duitse vliegtuigen) of nummers in profielen en plaatwerk (bruikbaar bij de identificatie van Britse vliegtuigen) aanwezig te zijn. Wel zit er een rafelig gat in het luik: de plek van een kogel- of granaatinslag. Ook zit er op de buitenzijde van het inspectieluik een zwarte en gele aanslag. Mogelijk zijn dit verfresten of brandsporen. In het geval het verfresten zijn is het fragment mogelijk afkomstig van een Duitse nachtjager (Messerschmitt Bf 110), al is er weinig meer waarop deze aanname gegrond kan worden.

Foto's:

Fragment van de Stirling Mk I BF313 op het wad boven Westernieland: een van de enorme Bristol Hercules stermotoren. Bron: Jansen 1977.

Inspectieluik Rottumerwad met gat kogel- of granaatinslag (links) en zwarte en gele verfresten of brandsporen. Foto’s: H. Feenstra.

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fredvogels Thu, 29 Oct 2020 12:55:14 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/stirling/214660-short-stirling-i-bf313-bu-t-crash.html
Short Stirling III (BK716 HA-J) found in Markermeer https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/stirling/214141-short-stirling-iii-bk716-ha-j-found-in-markermeer.html

Short Stirling III (BK716 HA-J) gevonden in het Markermeer

Photo: source NOS. Harry Farrington

A digital monument: www.vliegenoverpolderlijnen.nl 

In het Markermeer wordt vandaag begonnen met de berging van het wrak van een Short Stirling, een Britse bommenwerper die in de Tweede Wereldoorlog is neergestort. Het toestel werd ingezet voor bombardementen op Duitse steden.

Het wrak van deze Britse bommenwerper werd eind 2008 ontdekt bij een reddingsoperatie van de KNRM. Daarbij kwam een deel van een propeller omhoog. Duikers hebben vervolgens diverse onderdelen geborgen.
Leden van de stichting Aircraft Recovery Group 1940-1945 gingen er in eerste instantie vanuit dat het de Short Stirling BK710 van de Royal Air Force was. Die werd op 25 mei 1943 door een Duitse nachtjager neergeschoten. Maar eind juni 2019 werd bekend dat het vliegtuigwrak in het Markermeer mogelijk een ander toestel is. Het zou gaan om de BK716, zegt Johan Graas van de Aircraft Recovery Group
In het wrak bevinden zich mogelijk de stoffelijke resten van de zeven Britse en Canadese bemanningsleden. Berging en onderzoek moeten uitsluitsel geven.

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fredvogels Mon, 31 Aug 2020 10:19:34 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/stirling/214141-short-stirling-iii-bk716-ha-j-found-in-markermeer.html
457 Bomb Group (USA) bombing Coevorden https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/test/usa-airforce-groups/support7861/213969-457-bomb-group-usa-bombing-coevorden.html

On February 21st 1944, at arround 9.00 in the morning 36 B-17’s belonging to the 457th Bomb Group started their engines to go on the groups first mission.

Colonel Luper, group commander, took off at 10:19 with Major Wilson, deputy group commander, taking off just behind him at 10:29. The 36 planes would split up in an A and B formation with two separate targets in Germany.

The first planes arrived back at Glatton after 1500 hours and the last coming in after 1710 hours. The mission didn’t go as planned but a lot was learned from this mission. Harsh reality struck on base when the B-17 of Lt. Bredeson didn’t return and when the body of sgt. Seymour Pliss was removed from a badly damaged B-17.

 

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fredvogels Fri, 22 Feb 2019 11:20:13 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/test/usa-airforce-groups/support7861/213969-457-bomb-group-usa-bombing-coevorden.html
Wellington R1397 crashed in the Dutch village of Kleiterp https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/wellington/213897-wellington-r1397.html

The Wellington R1397 took off from the RAF base Elsham Wolds in Lincolnshire on July, 24, 1941 precisely around 11.30 pm. The mission was to raid a strategic target on the docks at Emden in Germany. On board the Wellington, Sgt. Cox and Sgt. Williams was the Captain of the aircraft Officer Mervin Lund, 23, from New Zealand and his co-pilot Sergeant Arthur Owen, 24 from Birmingham. Other crewmembers included gunner and wireless operator Sergeant Alfred Le Poidevin, 24, from Jersey and Sergeant Frank Walker, 30, who was a rear gunner from East Horn sea, Yorkshire.

All the men were well trained and had already flown half a dozen times on various sorties targeting a number of German targets. On the fateful day, the Wellington R1397 crew had successfully bombed the docks, however on their way back to the base their aircraft was shot down by a German night fighter. The aircraft crashed in the Dutch village of Kleiterp, killing everyone on board, the Sunday Express reports. The treasurer of Stitching Missing Airmen Memorial Foundation Mr. DouweDrijver said that his team spent more then fifteen years to uncover the mystery shrouding the Wellington crash of 24, July 1941. He added that their aim was to provide the families of the airmen some comfort and a definite answer for the questions about the final moments of their loved ones.

Source SGLO, warhistoryonline.com, aircrewremembered.com

YouTube

More links:

Mission

Departure

Day or Night of operation Operation Target
24/25 Jul 41 - Emden
Factory Aircraft Mk Serial/Wnr. Call Sign Unit Air Force TO/t Airfield
Vickers Wellington Ic R1397 PM- 103 Sqdn RAF 2340 Elsham Wolds
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
0354 Shot down by NF Oblt. Lent of 4./NJG 1 Crashed between Bozum and Oosterwierum   Friesland
Source Mag / Page Additional sources
SGLO Contact page website   H. Welting SGLO; Chorley W.R. Bomber Command Losses 1941, p102.
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Hon Mil reg Air Force Cemetery Grave Remark
Pilot P/O. M.S. Lund   40979 RNzAF Leeuwarden 1 1 Former RM 63, officially identified 15 Sep 2015
Co-Pilot Sgt. A.E. Owen   1163347 RAF Leeuwarden 1 1 Former RM 49, officially identified 15 Sep 2015
Observer Sgt. J.J. Cox   921698 RAF Leeuwarden 1 1 Former RM 41, officially identified 15 Sep 2015
Bomb aimer Sgt. R.P. Williams   1251179 RAF Leeuwarden 1 1 Former RM 55, officially identified 15 Sep 2015
Wo ag Sgt. A.J. Le Poidevin   924197 RAF Leeuwarden 1 1 Former RM 47, officially identified 15 Sep 2015
Air gunner Sgt. F.G. Walker   1019154 RAF Leeuwarden 1 3 Former RM 54, officially identified 15 Sep 2015
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fredvogels Wed, 24 Jan 2018 13:42:26 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/wellington/213897-wellington-r1397.html
Schellingwoude https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213895-schellingwoude.html

Base for Heinkel He 115’s of 3./Kfl.Gr. 906 and 3./Kfl.Gr. 106 

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fredvogels Thu, 11 Jan 2018 16:49:12 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213895-schellingwoude.html
Beek Y-44 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213894-beek-y-44.html

Beek Y-44 used with Lockheed F-5 by 39 Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron for reconnaissance 

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fredvogels Thu, 11 Jan 2018 16:34:23 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213894-beek-y-44.html
Schijndel (Codename B.85) https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213893-schijndel-codename-b-85.html

Schijndel (Codename B.85

Photo: Wing Leader of the 145 Wing, Wing Commander R.W.F. ‘Sammy’ Sampson landing at Schijndel

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fredvogels Thu, 11 Jan 2018 16:28:51 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213893-schijndel-codename-b-85.html
Mill (Codename B.89) https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213892-mill-codename-b-89.html

Mill (Codename B.89)

14 Army Group Royal Engineers (14AGRE) inspected the area for 5 squadrons (146 Wing) to be ready for Operation Vertible.  

35 Reconnaissance Wings were the last on Mill (Codename B.89)

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fredvogels Thu, 11 Jan 2018 16:22:46 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213892-mill-codename-b-89.html
Helmond (Codename B.86) https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213891-helmond-codename-b-86.html

124 Wing had their last depart at 1945-04-11

Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) for aircraft coming from the UK getting petrol and ammunition 

Photo: 182 Squadron adhesives beginning 1945 on Helmond a newspaper page on one of the drop tanks of a Typhoon.

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fredvogels Thu, 11 Jan 2018 16:09:47 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213891-helmond-codename-b-86.html
Heesch (Codename B.88) https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213890-heesch-codename-b-88.html

Heesch (Codename B.88)

126 Wing stayed here until April 1945

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fredvogels Thu, 11 Jan 2018 15:55:37 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213890-heesch-codename-b-88.html
Kluis (Codename B.91) https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213889-kluis-codename-b-91.html

After the liberation of Malden, Allied Forces made a small airfield at the North. Auster planes of the 662 Air Observation Post (AOP) were used for reconnaissance 

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fredvogels Thu, 11 Jan 2018 15:45:12 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213889-kluis-codename-b-91.html
De Rips (codename B.84) https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213888-de-rips-codename-b-84.html

De Rips (codename B.84)

Built by the 13 Airfield Construction Group (13 ACG)

From October the base for the Canadian 126 Wing (Spitfires) 

 

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fredvogels Thu, 11 Jan 2018 15:36:21 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213888-de-rips-codename-b-84.html
Havelte https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213887-havelte.html

Staffelkapitän of the 6./JG 5, Leutnant Ernst Scheufele 15 augustus 1944

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fredvogels Thu, 11 Jan 2018 15:29:26 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213887-havelte.html
Volkel (Codename B.85) https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213886-volkel-codename-b-85.html

Volkel (Codename B.85)

Christmas of 122 Wing,  Squadron Leader K.J. Morgan near a Tempest

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fredvogels Thu, 11 Jan 2018 15:23:56 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213886-volkel-codename-b-85.html
Peest https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213885-peest.html

Airfield Peest.  Built by Luftgau Holland for emergency landings. Built in the summer of 1940 

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fredvogels Thu, 11 Jan 2018 12:14:39 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213885-peest.html
Valkenburg (ZH) https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213884-valkenburg-zh.html

Valkenburg (ZH)

First photo 1943-10-01

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fredvogels Thu, 11 Jan 2018 12:06:23 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213884-valkenburg-zh.html
Woensdrecht (Codename B.79) https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213883-woensdrecht.html

Woensdrecht, base for BF 109’s of the 1. en 2./JG 52

First photo spring 1941

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fredvogels Thu, 11 Jan 2018 11:53:47 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213883-woensdrecht.html
Buiksloot https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213882-buiksloot.html

Buiksloot. Used by the Dutch Airforce in May 1940

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fredvogels Thu, 11 Jan 2018 11:45:49 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213882-buiksloot.html
Vlissingen https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213881-vlissingen.html

Vlissingen.

Date: air-raids on Vlissingen

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fredvogels Thu, 11 Jan 2018 11:40:41 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213881-vlissingen.html
Leeuwarden https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213880-leeuwarden.html

Leeuwarden airfield

October 1940 Place for German 4./NJG 1

Generalmajor Adolf Galland  General der Jagdflieger (March 1943)

Other photos made on this airfield 

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fredvogels Thu, 11 Jan 2018 11:32:02 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213880-leeuwarden.html
Hilversum https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213879-hilversum.html

Airfield Hilversum.

Photo British reconnaissance at 1943-06-30

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fredvogels Thu, 11 Jan 2018 11:19:27 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213879-hilversum.html
De Vlijt https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213878-de-vlijt.html

De Vlijt. Airfield for German Reconnaissance.

Photo: 1940-08-25. Damage after bombing with a Blenheim, 114 SQDN

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fredvogels Thu, 11 Jan 2018 11:08:53 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213878-de-vlijt.html
Bergen https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213877-bergen.html

First photo: airfield is demolished by the Germans. And also bomb craters are visible by American B-17 Flying Fortresses, May 1944.  

Other photos: German occupation

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fredvogels Thu, 11 Jan 2018 10:21:20 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213877-bergen.html
Ypenburg https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213876-ypenburg.html

Ypenburg.

Last photo: attack by RAF on 1941-07-16

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fredvogels Thu, 11 Jan 2018 10:00:20 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213876-ypenburg.html
Grave (Codename B.82) https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213875-grave-b-82.html

Grave (B.82)

During Market Garden a temporary airstrip, B-82 Grave, was located on this position. Hundreds of planes landed here to bring troops and equipment to the Corridor

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fredvogels Thu, 11 Jan 2018 09:48:53 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213875-grave-b-82.html
Eindhoven (Codename B.78) https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213874-eindhoven-codename-b-78.html

Eindhoven (codename B.78)

Photo by British reconnaissance 1943-07-07

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fredvogels Thu, 11 Jan 2018 09:35:43 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213874-eindhoven-codename-b-78.html
Twente (Codename B.106) https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213873-twente-codename-b-106.html

The airfield was destroyed by the Dutch Army when Germany attacked Holland on the early morning of the 10th of May 1940. 

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fredvogels Thu, 11 Jan 2018 09:29:08 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213873-twente-codename-b-106.html
Haamstede https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213872-haamstede.html

Haamstede.

Specially used for Operation Donnerkeil.  Operation Donnerkeil was the codename for a German military operation of the Second World War. 

Donnerkeil was designed as an air superiority operation to support the Kriegsmarine's (German Navy) Operation Cerberus, also known as the Channel Dash.

This airfield supported this operation.

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fredvogels Thu, 11 Jan 2018 09:18:14 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213872-haamstede.html
Eelde https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213871-airfield-eelde.html

Airfield Eelde,

Photo: 1941-04-15

From1944 bombers like DO 217’s of 9./KG 2 fly from here for raids to the UK

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fredvogels Wed, 10 Jan 2018 16:39:08 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213871-airfield-eelde.html
Waalhaven https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213870-airfield-waalhaven.html

Airfield Waalhaven.

Droppingzone Operation Manna

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fredvogels Wed, 10 Jan 2018 16:32:18 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213870-airfield-waalhaven.html
De Mok https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213868-airfield-de-mok-waterplanes.html

Airfield De Mok (waterplanes)

Damage to the hangars at Naval Flying Camp De Mok after a German air strike in May 1940 
(Photo: collection Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie)

During World War-II the camp was used by the German occupying forces as a FLAK camp.
The camp was also involved in the Uprising of the Georgians (Dutch: Opstand van de Georgiërs, Georgian: ტექსელის აჯანყება).
Georgians serving the Wehrmacht began a revolt against the Wehrmacht on 6 April 1945 which did not end until 20 May 1945, two weeks after the end of World War II.
Texel became known as the "last battlefield in Europe".

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fredvogels Tue, 02 Jan 2018 15:23:56 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213868-airfield-de-mok-waterplanes.html
De Kooy https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213867-airport-de-kooy.html

Airport De Kooy used until 1944

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fredvogels Tue, 02 Jan 2018 15:06:03 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213867-airport-de-kooy.html
Schiphol https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213866-airport-schiphol.html

Airfield Schiphol

Photo: 11 june 1943

 

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fredvogels Tue, 02 Jan 2018 14:59:22 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213866-airport-schiphol.html
Deelen https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213865-airfield-deelen.html

Airfield Delen

Pictures: summer 1942 - september 1943 - september 1944

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fredvogels Tue, 02 Jan 2018 14:50:51 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airfields-in-wwii/netherlands/213865-airfield-deelen.html