Telephone: +31 (0)499-329722
Website: http://www.wingsofliberation.nl
Shop: small shop present
Restaurant/refreshments: refreshments
Size of the museum/site: large
Year of visit: 2000
Overall rating:
Description: Near the town of Best you can find the "Bevrijdende Vleugels" museum (Wings of Liberation) which is based on an old Mobilisation Complex of the Dutch Army. On September 17th 1944 airborne units of the 101st US Airborne Division landed in this area as a part of operation "Market Garden".
On the terrain we find 3 large halls containing the following campaigns: the liberation of South Limburg, Operation Market Garden and Operation Barbarossa in Russia. The other halls contain an American Mobile Command Post, a camp of the Scottish 51st Highland Division and two aviation halls. All in all there is a great diversity in the museum's collection. There even is a Dakota and a Lockheed TF-104G Starfighter.
It seems like you are taking part in the action when you're walking through the enormous, richly decorated dioramas. Also take a good look around when you walk from hall to hall, because there's quite a lot of equipment (trucks, guns, airplanes and other vehicles) on display here.
