Operation Bodenplatte

A German Focke-Wulf Fw 190D-9 of Jagdgeschwader 54 after a forced landing near Brussels, Belgium, on 1 January 1945.

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Fire crews cover an Avro Lancaster of Bomber Command with foam in an effort to save it from burning, at B58/Melsbroek, Belgium, following the attack on the airfield by Luftwaffe fighter-bombers, (Operation BODENPLATTE).

A German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 that crash landed at Sint-Truiden Airfield (A-92), Belgium, during "Operation Bodenplatte" on 1 January 1945. Mechanics of the 404th Fighter Group (USAAF) fixed up the plane and painted it bright red and decorated it with American markings.

A crashed German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 D-9 (W.Nr. 210194) of Stab I./JG 2 near Dorff/Stolberg, south-east of Aachen, Germany. Pilot Fw Werner Hohenburg was hit by flak during "Operation Bodenplatte" on 1 January 1945 and was taken prisoner. Note: The village "Munster" in the original description refers to "Kornelimünster" near Dorff.

Royal Air Force Transport Command, 1943-1945. A Douglas Dakota of RAF Transport Command, destroyed during the attack on B58/Melsbroek, Belgium, by Luftwaffe fighter-bombers (Operation BODENPLATTE), burns itself out in front of the hangars.

Focke Wulf Fw 190 A-8 of JG 4, flown Pvt. Wagner; the aircraft was downed by american anti-aircraft fire during operation "Bodenplatte". It was captured by american troops after making an emergency landing. The ETC 501 was removed and the engine repaired for ground trials.

Hawker Typhoon du Squadron 137 endommagé sur la base d'Eindhoven après l'opération Bodenplatte.

Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. Fire crews attempt to extinguish the last fires among burnt-out North American Mitchells of No. 139 Wing RAF at B58/Melsbroek, Belgium, after the major daylight attack on the airfield by Luftwaffe fighter-bombers, (Operation BODENPLATTE).

Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. A Supermarine Spitfire PR Mark XI of No. 39 (PR) Wing taxying at B78/Eindhoven, Holland, seen through a roll of square mesh type tracking. To the right of the aircraft lies the wreckage of another Spitfire PR Mark XI, destroyed during the Luftwaffe attack on the airfield on 1 January 1945 (Operation BODENPLATTE).

Y-34 Metz Airfield - Destroyed P-47s Operation Bodenplatte