A remnant of one of the largest German Air Force air bases in Western Europe. The work on the expansion of the night fighter airfield by the Luftgau Command 4 started on October 1, 1940 on behalf of the Reich Ministry of Aviation, on an emergency and alternate landing field of the Dutch air force from 1913. Also called a single-aircraft hangar. They were heated and thus also used for repairs to the machines.

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slueart

March 24, 2022

This is followed by a sector that, in retrospect, we refer to as a "discovery must"; a must-see, but no need to visit again.

Seamlessly and yet separated by the state border, a fenced-in military area is attached on the German side of the border, and we trudge along the endless and straight fence for a while. The fence, simply because of its defensive presence, becomes more and more oppressive with time and increasing length; just as KC notes its amazing integrity, a poorly patched gap in the fence opens up.
However, we are not in the mood for small adventures with military encounters at the moment☮︎n, so we hurry on; On the way to the south, you will pass the remains of a so-called "heating hall" and the impressive skeleton ruins of a former arched hall of the air base.

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saskia

April 30, 2024

A remnant of some stones where a building of the airport in Venlo used to stand during the war

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Elevation 40 m

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Sunday 18 January

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-1°C

22 %

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Max wind speed: 8.0 km/h

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Location: Straelen, Kreis Kleve, Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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