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Klaus
6 February 2004, 11:57 PM
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The airfield at Asch (Y-29) is quite famous from the January 1, 1945 raid on it during Boddenplatte. According to the book Runways to Victory: Belgian Airfields and Allied Tactical Fighter Operations 1944-1945, the WW2 airfield is located at 50 deg 58' 05'' North, 5 degrees 35' 0'' East; 6 km E of Genk; 5 km due S of As.
Reading further from the book, it has this to say about the origins of the air field: Employing Belgin forced labourers, the German Army Air Corps started to construct an auxiliary airfield at Asch in March 1917 (a footnote here states that today the name of Asch is spelled As). Near this landing ground, they selected a large heath area (between Houthalen, Genk, As, Peer and Opglabbeek) where they installed a firing range. After WW I, the Flying School of the Belgian Military Aviation, later in March 1920 called Aéronautique Militaire, was located at Asch until 1924. Situated 2 km SW of the town centre of Asch, this school had a large 1100 by 800 metres grass airfield at its disposal and several metal hangars and brick support buildings. After the Flying School was abandoned in 1924, to make foom for the proposed construction of a canal, and moved to Wevelghem, the field gradually became a dense wooded area. Today, only two of the Flying School support buildings still exist and are used as kindergartens. Neither of both pioneer airfields served as the site for Y-29. Frank.
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10 February 2004, 09:50 AM
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hello!
If you go to BAHA www.baha.com and search there for the mlitary airfields you will find my submitted aerial view from this airfield from post WWI. I have a |
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