Air Base Soesterberg
This airfield was bought by the Dutch goverment in 1913. It was captured by the German Army in 1940 and subsequently re-used by the Luftwaffe. The area witnesed many airplane crashes and also air raids.
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Source
- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: foto's 1, 2 en 3 Willem Visser. Foto 4 Wikimedia
Nearby
Museum
- National Military Museum - Soest
- Historical Collection Regiment Technical Troops (HCRTT) - Soesterberg
- Corps Collection Military Administration - Soesterberg
Point of interest
- German Shooting Range Soesterberg - Soest
- Bomb Crater Soesterberg Airforce Base - Soest
- Cast Steel Dome 47mm PAG - Soest
Monument
- Liberty Couch Den Dolder - Den Dolder
- Memorial Killed Railway-Employee - Den Dolder
- Memorial Railway Strike - Den Dolder
Cemetery
- Dutch War Graves Roman Catholic Cemetery Soesterberg - Soesterberg
- Mass Grave French Refugees Roman Catholic Cemetery Soesterberg - Soesterberg
- Cemetery Den en Rust - Bilthoven
Remembrance Stone
- Stumbling Stone Julianalaan 242 - Bilthoven
- Stumbling Stones Julianalaan 207 - Bilthoven
- Stumbling Stones Palestrinalaan 12 - Bilthoven
Fortification
- Tank Barrier Fort Voordorp - Groenekan
- Group Shelter Type P Voordorpsedijk - Groenekan
- Group Shelter Type P Voordorpsedijk - Groenekan
Crash site
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