Sint-Denijs-Westrem Airport is a closed civil airport and military airfield, located in Sint-Denijs-Westrem, 3.2 km southwest of Ghent, East Flanders...
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a total of 16 aircraft and 12 pilots. II./JG 1 attacked the airfield at St. Denijs Westrem. Of the 36 II./JG 1 Fw 190s that took off, 17 were shot down...
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the former Sint-Denijs-Westrem Airfield into a vibrant urban district. The tower is located at the Ghent municipality of Sint-Denijs-Westrem, near the...
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British Caudron G.4 bomber returning from a bombing mission on Sint-Denijs-Westrem Airfield in Occupied Belgium on 7 September. It intercepted a French FBA...
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German advance, I. Gruppe moved to Sint-Denijs-Westrem Airfield near Ghent in Belgium. Operating from Sint-Denijs on 31 May, the Gruppe engaged in aerial...
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undercarriage. In April, the squadron dispersed to the new airfields at Sint-Denijs-Westrem, Gontrode (near Melle) and in the following month, Mariakerke...
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Advanced landing ground (category World War II airfields)
Grimberghen) B-61 SintDenijs-Westrem, Belgium Located: 51°01′36″N 003°41′22″E / 51.02667°N 3.68944°E / 51.02667; 3.68944 (B-61 Saint Denis/Westrem) B-62 (Re-designated...
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On the morning of 29 May, I./JG 20 moved further west to an airfield at Sint-Denijs-Westrem. That evening, Trautloft claimed a Royal Air Force (RAF) Supermarine...
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attack France and Great Britain, arriving September 22, 1917, at Sint-Denijs-Westrem airdrome. Rfa 501 later moved its base to Scheldewindeke airdrome...
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(64 km) back into German-occupied Belgium. Staffeln 13 and 14 to Sint-Denijs-Westrem 4.3 mi (7 km) south-west of Ghent and Staffeln 15 and 16 to Gontrode...
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DE BELGIQUE" [Disappeared Airfields of Belgium] (DOC) (in French). pp. 10–11. Retrieved 13 June 2016. "Forgotten airfields europe". www.forgottenairfields...
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1945 with Operation Bodenplatte. JG 1 was ordered to attack Ghent/Sint-Denijs-Westrem, Maldegem and Ursel Air Base. Oberstleutnant Herbert Ihlefeld led...
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Bawinkel, had also taken off at 08:15 and headed for the airfield at Ghent/Sint-Denijs-Westrem. JG 1 continued with their mission without Ihlefeld leading...
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in the abdomen but managed to make a smooth landing on the airfield at Sint-Denijs-Westrem, Belgium. He succumbed to his injuries early the next morning...
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