Breskens

51°23'34"N 003°32'21"E

Runway: circular flying field, 300m across

Breskens airfield (vliegveld Breskens) was a small airfield 145 kilometers southwest of Amsterdam.
Construction of the airfield began late in 1935 and lasted until at least April 1936. It was a small circular field with a small hangar. The Flushing newspaper "Vlissingse Courant" wrote on 6 April 1936:
Naar wij vernemen, wordt in de nabijheid van Van Melle's Confectionery Works te Breskens een rond vliegveld aangelegd, met een middellijn van 300 M (As we understand it, a round airfield is under construction near Van Melle's Confectionery Works in Breskens, with a median of 300 meter).
Waarschijnlijk zal op het vliegveld ook nachtverlichting worden aangebracht, terwijl in dat geval de vlak er bij staande vuurtoren als aanvliegbaken zal fungeren (Likely the airfield will also receive nighttime lighting, while in that case the nearby llighthouse will double as an approach beacon).
Zooals men weet, heeft deze firma een tweemotorig Monospar vliegtuig in haar bezit, waarmede spoedzendingen worden vervoerd (as you already know, this firm posesses a double engined Monospar to carry urgent deliveries).
Hierbij werd men echter tot nu toe gehandicapt door het feit, dat men op het vliegveld West-Souburg bij Vlissingen moest landen en per boot de Westerschelde moest oversteken (Thusfar they were handicapped by the fact that one had to land at the airfield of West-Souburg near Flushing and then travese the Wester Scheldt river).

Initially, the General Aircraft Monospar - called 'Dubbele Arend' (double eagle) and registered PH-IPM - was used to deliver urgent orders to a variety of destinations in the Netherlands, Belgium, France and England. But in the summer of 1936, thay also offer flying demos and touristic flights in the area. The latter occurs to promote a new Van Melle product: the Monospar-melange, a biscuit that would 'truely take you to the clouds'. By collecting 24 coupons (one per pack of biscuits) you could earn yourself a flight.
The projet ended when on 8 May 1938 the monospar had to make an emergency landing on the beach North of Leiden. The aircraft, carrying the pilot and directing manager Izaak van Melle was badly damaged in the process, largely caused by the seawater.


VanMelle's "the Flying Toffee Box" advertisement proudly showed the company's General Aircraft Monospar (geschiedeniszeeland.nl).

According to a message in the "Vlissingse Courant" the aircraft was sold already on 20 June 1938. The airfield stopped being used, as a replacement was never sought. During the war, Van Melle lost its plant due to a bombing raid. After the war, the company left the province to restart in Rotterdam and yet later in Breda. Today, they are known all over the world for their Mentos mints.  Although the circular airfield still existed immediately after the war, it disappeared from the landscape soon after. 


This 1949 map of Breskens is still showing the circular airfield. The map said 'Explored in 1936. Partially revised in 1946' (Topographic Service, Netherlands War Ministry, via geschiedeniszeeland.nl)


The same area in 2013. No trace of the former airfield is to be found (Google Earth)