{{Infobox military installation |name=Flugplatz Maldegem<BR>{{smaller|Advanced Landing Ground B-65}}

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'''Flugplatz Maldegem''' is a former [[World War II]] airfield, located 2.8&nbsp;km southeast of [[Maldegem]] in [[East Flanders]], [[Belgium]].

==History== Established in 1939 by the [[Belgian Air Force]]. After the [[Battle of Belgium]], the [[Luftwaffe]] took over the airfield and began expanding it, putting down a concrete runway. Between October 1940 and April 1941 the airfield was used by [[Fiat G.50]]s of the [[Corpo Aereo Italiano]], an expeditionary force from the [[Regia Aeronautica]] ("Royal Air Force") that participated in the [[Battle of Britain]] and [[the Blitz]] during the final months of 1940 during World War II. From 1941 onwards Luftwaffe squadrons (III./[[JG 53]] and II./[[JG 26]]) began operating from the airfield.

It was seized by British Forces in September 1944, and Royal Engineers repaired the field, designating it "Advanced Landing Ground B-65". It became home to the 135 Wing.

It was abandoned after the war, the facility being redeveloped into an industrial area.

==References== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110316191914/http://www.ronaldv.nl/abandoned/airfields/BE/Airfields_BE_eflanders.html#Maldegem Flugplatz Maldegem] * Johnson, David C. (1988), U.S. Army Air Forces Continental Airfields (ETO), D-Day to V-E Day; Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center, Maxwell AFB, Alabama.

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[[Category:Defunct airports in Belgium]] [[Category:Belgian air bases]] [[Category:World War II airfields in Belgium]] [[Category:Military airbases established in 1939]] [[Category:Airports in East Flanders]] [[Category:Maldegem]] [[Category:Military airbases closed in 1945]]