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Postby Ivan » Sat May 05, 2012 1:42 pm

And another victim of Bergen Airfield... most of the planes crashed north of this location

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And the text on the plate... the flight engineer was the only one who could use his parachute. According to local legend parts of the parachute still survive as part of a lamp shade.
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Postby Flying Trucker » Sat May 05, 2012 1:50 pm

Nicely done... ;)
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Postby Ivan » Sat May 05, 2012 1:53 pm

The plate was unveiled by familiy of the surviving crewmember, forgot to add that
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Postby BlackAce » Sat May 05, 2012 7:27 pm

Wow. Very cool and nice
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Postby expat » Sun May 06, 2012 3:22 am

Hi Ivan,

Bergen as in not far from Venlo, Goch, and Weeze or is it a different Bergen. I visit this area once or twice a year.

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Postby Hagar » Sun May 06, 2012 11:23 am

Bergen as in not far from Venlo, Goch, and Weeze or is it a different Bergen.

Bergen airfield near Alkmaar in Northern Holland. It was used by the Luftwaffe during WWII. http://www.basher82.nl/Data/stompetoren/butain.htm
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Postby Ivan » Sun May 06, 2012 2:31 pm

Bergen Airfield had Bf109s, FW109s and was a support field for Me110s.
They had a Ju-52 with magnetic ring minesweeper


Whole operation cleaned up in 1944
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