Former Airfield Knokke-Le Zoute (Advanced Landing Ground B-83)
This former airfield was built in 1929. It was attacked by the Luftwaffe in May 1940 and destroyed on orders of the Belgian High Command. The Luftwaffe expanded the airfield with hangars and used as training ground for Flak units. The Allies extended Knokke-Le Zoute with two runways and used it as Advanced Landing Ground B-83 between 1944-1945.
May 1940: 6e Escadrille (IIIde Groep Fairey Foxes)
1944-1945: No. 119 Squadron RAF
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Source
- Text: TracesOfWar
- Photos: Arjan Vrieze (1, 2, 3, 4), CL 2277 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (5)
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Point of interest
- Information Sign Mine Field 114 Odette 712 - Knokke-Heist
- Information Sign The Death Thread Is Alive - Cadzand Bad
- Weighbridge Cadsandria - Cadzand
Monument
- Marker No. 16 Canadian Liberation Route - Knokke-Heist
- Marker No. 15 Canadian Liberation Route - Knokke-Heist
- Vector of Memory Hickman Bridge Retranchement - Retranchement
Cemetery
- Commonwealth War Graves Cadzand - Cadzand
- Belgian War Graves Knokke - Knokke (Knokke-Heist)
- Belgian Graves Veterans Knokke - Knokke (Knokke-Heist)
Fortification
- WN Fliegerhorst Knokke - KSS Bunker - Knokke-Heist
- German Vf Garage Retranchement - Retranchement
- Hollandstellung - Remains Personnel Bunker-MG Pole - Knokke-Heist
Crash site
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