Memorial Temporary Airstrip B-82

In the last century there was an airfield in the hamlet of Keent where military flying exercises took place regularly. This happened at the invitation of the then mayor Hans van der Vijver of Overasselt, which Keent fell under at the time. In 1933, the Overasselt flying week was held, which attracted 20,000 visitors. In 1938 the hamlet was isolated by a bend in the Maas and the airport fell into oblivion.

When the Second World War broke out, the Germans only used the grass runway, which was extended from 600 meters to 1,200 meters, as a parking lot. The Allies had many hundreds of fighter planes take off from the 'Airstrip B-82 Grave/Keent'. In 1944, the airport played an important role in Operation 'Market Garden', the liberation of Nijmegen.

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