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Originally Posted by Hans Nauta
Hi Andreas and Mr Schmitt,
Actually there is a THIRD airfield called Bergen. It's just west of the city of Alkmaar and in the province North-Holland in The Netherlands at roughly 52o38’48”N, 04o41’27”E. That’s the airfield mentioned in the GQM returns.
To make things more difficult, this airfield was sometimes abbreviated by the Germans as Bergen am S. (Bergen am See) while Bergen op Zoom was abbreviated as Bergen o. Z. Needless to say both can easily be mixed up, not only now, but also 70 years ago!
Erg/JG54 was also located at this airfield, so Bergen in Norway is not relevant, neither is Bergen op Zoom.
Anyway, I’m pretty sure that Wnr 1512 crash landed near Bergen as I have a clear picture of that. The mishap occurred 600 metres south west of the most south west corner of the airfield.
Hope to have clarified the matter,
Hans
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Hi Hans,
Really good information :0) You are very specific. Can I ask how you have the knowledge of the exact location on the Airfield?
Do you have some pictures or Luftwaffe documentation referring to this?
Regards Mr Schmitt