Coxyide air base – Wikipedia

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Coxyide air base
Sea King de la 40e Escadrille Héli à Coxyde en 2006.
Sea King of the 40th Héli squadrille in Coxide in 2006.
Cocarde
Localisation
Pays Drapeau de la Belgique Belgium
Contact details 51 ° 05 ′ 29 ″ North, 2 ° 39 ′ 15 ″ is
Altitude 6 m (20 ft)
Aeronautical information
Code IACA EBFN
Airport type Military
Administrator Cocarde de la composante airAir component
Tracks
Direction Length Surface
02/20 2 015 m (6 611 ft) asphalt
11/29 2 675 m (8 777 ft) asphalt
Geolocation on the map: Belgium
(Voir situation sur carte : Belgique)

Base aérienne de Coxyde

Base aérienne de Coxyde
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The Coxyide air base is an air base of the Air component of the Belgian army located near the Belgian city of Coxide in the province of Flanders-Western.

The base in particular housed the famous rescue helicopters at sea “Sea King” of the 40 It is Héli squadron.

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The first military aerodrome was created there by the Belgian army during the First World War [ first ] On agricultural land of the Ten Bogaerde farm which serves as a barracks.

During the occupation of Belgium by the Germans, from 1940 to 1944, the land was again occupied by the Luftwaffe which undertook the construction of a concrete track of 800 meters north-west/south-east oriented [ first ] . Undergoing heavy allied bombings between the end of 1943 and the beginning of 1944, the land was finally abandoned by the Germans between the 9th and , not without having previously been undermined and completely destroyed [ first ] .

The reconstruction of the base is undertaken by Squadron 5012 of the Royal Air Force towards the end of 1944. The land returned under Belgian administration the , date of the creation of the Belgian air force [ first ] .

The , l’ hunting school Belgian air force is created in coxide with 14 spitfire. She will leave Coxyde for Brustem the .

The 13 It is Wing of hunting, still on Spitfire briefly occupies the coxide base: created the , it is dissolved there from the .

  • 40 It is Héli squadron
  • Heli Flight Marine
  1. ↑ A B C and D http://www.mil.be/fr/unites/base-de-coxyde
  • Air component
  • 40 It is Héli squadron
  • Coxide
  • icône décorative Flander-Western Portal
  • icône décorative Military history portal
  • icône décorative Aeronautics portal

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