Time for a "In my backyard" post. All photo's were made by me.
I was at Bergen, where there used to be an airfield during the war. This was home to the 4th JaVA, flying Fokker G-1. The airfield at that time was hardly finished and not drained well, hence it was the scene of the infamous incident where all but one G-1 were wiped out in the early minutes of the attack on May 10th 1940. Because of the bad drainage, all G-1's were grouped together on the concrete platform, like sitting ducks. Later some of the damaged G-1's could be repaired, but the the blow to the Dutch airforce was immense, putting out of action 13 of the best fighter they had. During the war, the Germans used the airfield as well and after the war, the unsuitable airfield was quickly decommissioned. The remains that you can see are mostly from the German period.
Like this: German defense bunkers, some were garages, some carried AAA. There are still a couple of these bunker-vilages around the terrain. This is Wiederstands Nest 7. There were a total of 7 of these "villages"
This is the "Einjager Halle", a hangar, disguised as a farmer's shed. In here there was always a BF-109 on standby to defend the airfield. You can still see the big hangar door.
Some more bunkers, this is on Wiederstand nest 5 (WN5)
Another view on the Einjager Halle. The pastures in front of it used to be the runway. Bergen never had a concrete runway. In the back, the dunes, separating Bergen from the Nord Sea.
View on the runway. The trees on the right is where the platform used to be where the G-1's were destroyed.
An extra: remains of a V1 launchpad in the village of Bergen. You see the foundations of the lower part of the ramp. This is where the V1 would be. The second photo are the foundations of the "legs" of at the higher end of the ramp. These remains were rather recently discovered.
Lower end:
High end: