Melsbroek Air Base
This airbase was built by the German occupation force during the Second World War and was subsequently used by the Luftwaffe. It was also used by the Allies after 1944, when it was heavily bombed during Unternehmen Bodenplatte.
On 1 June 1940, Adolf Hitler flew from Odedorf to Brussels airport where he met with Von Bock, Von Küchler and Von Reichenau. From Brussels, Hitler undertook a two-day field trip through Belgium and Northern France.
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Source
- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: Konstantin von Wedelstaedt
Nearby
Museum
Point of interest
Monument
- Commemorative Plates War Victims Melsbroek - Melsbroek (Steenokkerzeel)
- War Memorial Melsbroek - Melsbroek (Steenokkerzeel)
- War Memorial Steenokkerzeel - Steenokkerzeel
Cemetery
- Belgian Graves Veterans Zaventem - Zaventem
- Commonwealth War Graves Zaventem - Zaventem
- Belgian War Graves Melsbroek - Melsbroek (Steenokkerzeel)
Remembrance Stone
- Stumbling Stone Rue de la Cambre 138 - Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe (Brussel)
- Stumbling Stone Avenue du Diamant 99 - Schaarbeek (Brussel)
- Stumbling Stones Avenue de Diamant 99 - Schaarbeek (Brussel)
Fortification
- KW-Line - Bunker VB43 - Boortmeerbeek
- KW-Line - Bunker C28 - Boortmeerbeek
- KW-Line - Bunker C26 - Hever (Boortmeerbeek)
Crash site
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