Ursel - ALG B.67

51°'07'30"N 003°27'14"E

Runway: 10/28 - ...x..m - concrete

Ursel airfield (dutch: vliegveld Ursel) was a military airfield near Ursel, south of the road between Ursel and Knesselare.
The airfield was built by the Belgian Army in the 1930s. After the German invasion of 1940 it was pressed into use with the German Luftwaffe.
In October of 1944 it became known as airfield B67 when 4 squadrons of the RAF, flying the Typhoon fighter-bomber, landed at the airfield. Their mission was to break the resistance of German troops at the Dutch island of Walcheren, which controlled the entrance to the harbours of Antwerp. The 4 squadrons, which combined formed 123Wing, flew daily missions to the area, until they succeeded.


Map of Ursel (B67) airfield (Source).


Typhoons at Ursel airfield (B-67)(source).

After the war the airfield was broken up. The rubble from its concrete runway was used to build a pilgrimage site dedicated to the Virgin Mary in the nearby village of Kleit. The airfield is not to be confused with the later Ursel NATO airbase, which is located north of the town of Ursel.