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We are open in 2024 from Monday, March 25th through Sunday, November 3rd, daily from 10 AM to 5 PM.

THE AIR WAR OVER TEXEL

During the Second World War Heavy bombers took off from British airports to bomb Germany’s major cities and its war industry. Texel was on the approach route, and the white Badhotel on a high dune near De Koog was a useful beacon. American USAAF planes flew mainly by day, with those of the British RAF at night. Some nights more than a thousand aircraft passed overhead, attacked by German night fighters and the anti-aircraft guns on Texel and Vlieland and in Den Helder.

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VICTIMS

Many aircraft were hit and crashed, on and around Texel. The crew members who died were buried at the Algemene Begraafplaats (general cemetery) in Den Burg – some 167 airmen from the UK, Canada, New Zealand and Australia, 44 of them never identified. The victims were reburied in large American cemeteries elsewhere in the Netherlands after the war.

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TRACKING DOWN NEXT-0F-KIN

Texel resident and museum volunteer Bram van Dijk has been tracing relatives since 1985 – with success. Many families have visited the island, and its Aviation & War Museum since its foundation in 1996. The museum holds many personal belongings donated by family members, including a range of decorations, and the uniform of a fallen aviator. The museum also devotes significant attention to the air war over Texel, with the emphasis on the often very young crew members aboard the aircraft.

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THEMES IN OUR MUSEUM

AVIATION & WAR MUSEUM TEXEL

Postweg 126
1795 JS
De Cocksdorp (Texel)
Tel: 0222-311689

OPENING HOURS

We are open in 2024 from Monday, March 25th through Sunday, November 3rd, daily from 10 AM to 5 PM.

  • Tickets are available at the counter, reservation is not necessary
  • Adults € 8.00
  • Children from 6 to 12 years € 5.00
  • Discounts apply to groups, see below

DOG WITH YOU?

That is allowed, provided it is kept on a leash.

3D AUDIO TOUR BUNKER DE VLIJT

  • Every Wednesday to Saturday at 11:00 AM and 3:00 PM.
    On Sunday only at 3:00 PM.
  • For adults only, from 13 years old
  •  Duration maximum 1.5 hours including the walk there and back
  • Reservations are not possible, capacity is limited
  • Be present well in advance for an explanation

Together with a museum employee you walk to the bunker opposite the museum. In the bunker you will be taken into the conversations that were held there during the 2 most crucial days of the Georgian Uprising. Jetty Bakker also tells in a timeline her memories of the war on Texel and about her work for the Georgians. You will receive an explanatory handout in advance with a description of the dire circumstances in which the Georgian soldiers found themselves during those days. The 3D audio tour can be done in both Dutch and German.

GROUPS

Would you like to visit our museum with a group (from 12 people)? Then we appreciate it if you make a reservation via groepen@lomt.nl. You can also indicate whether you would like a guided tour.

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