Amsterdam

[motto]

If I've got it right, when Schiphol Airport was being enlarged some years ago it involved draining and reclaiming land. During the work the remains of several WW2 aircraft wrecks were recovered.

Would there be a display somewhere nearby of some of the artefacts?

I know that this kind of wreck recovery is not all that unusual in Holland so maybe no big deal and the stuff just taken away.

David

[Alex van de Wetering]

Would there be a display somewhere nearby of some of the artefacts?

David,

Hundreds of planes crashed on Dutch soil during WW2. There are two groups nearby that focus on WW2 aircraft recovery and recently they decided to join hands. Both are in the Schiphol region and both could be visited with a rental car.

Here are their websites:

http://crash40-45.nl/ (Aalsmeerderbrug, very close to Schiphol)

http://www.arg1940-1945.nl/ (Fort Veldhuis, near Heemskerk)

There are probably more groups in the country and museums that display crashed aircraft, including "Deelen reserach group" and Aviodrome in Lelystad.

Alex