small but sympathic museum in belgium

[dujardin]

hello all,

i endleslly took time to visit a museum not so far from me.
this museum is located in Haut-le-Wastia.
on 12 may 1940, the village and its surroundings were at the center of a battle during wich french and belgian soldiers demonstrated exemplary courage. the village was retaken twice, the last pocket of resistance refusing to surrender and falling on 14 may to enemy tanks. the museum and the splendid memorial perpetuate their memory and pay tribute to those men who fought with all they had for the defense of our territory and liberty.
you may discover the terrible days of may 40 in 8 themed rooms.
one of those rooms is dedicated to the war in the air over Belgium with 5 nice manniquins and a rare piece of the tail of a french Morane Saulnier.

here follow some photos.


french pilot

his flight helmet

flight shoes

on the left a german, on the right a belgian

pilot of the Aéronautique belge

pilot RAF

luftwaffe

gunner (Wellington)

some (crash) pieces of all nations found in the regio.

byebyeeeeeeeeeeee

marcel

 

[hairpin151]

Very nice Marcel.Thank you for sharing those with us.I'm always looking forward to photo's of your travels!

 

[Weasel_Loader]

Love it Marcel. Thanks for sharing.

 

[bfrench]

hello all,

i endleslly took time to visit a museum not so far from me.
this museum is located in Haut-le-Wastia.
on 12 may 1940, the village and its surroundings were at the center of a battle during wich french and belgian soldiers demonstrated exemplary courage. the village was retaken twice, the last pocket of resistance refusing to surrender and falling on 14 may to enemy tanks. the museum and the splendid memorial perpetuate their memory and pay tribute to those men who fought with all they had for the defense of our territory and liberty.
you may discover the terrible days of may 40 in 8 themed rooms.
one of those rooms is dedicated to the war in the air over Belgium with 5 nice manniquins and a rare piece of the tail of a french Morane Saulnier.

here follow some photos.

byebyeeeeeeeeeeee

marcel

Hi, Marcel,

I used to fly into the airstrip in Fort Erie, Ontario where a lot of the parachuted were tested.

Back in the early 70s we did some testing for Irving Air Chute with a launcher bolted to the belly of a Cessna 185 that would swing down and release the package similar to the way the Stukas dropped the bomb in a dive - our dive angle was very conservative - only 15º to 20º just to get us up to the required speed of 180 knots.

Cheers,
Bill French