Museum Bevrijdende Vleugels (Museum of the Liberating Wings) is located in Best, Netherlands. This museum is dedicated to the history of aviation during World War II, particularly the role of the Allied air forces in the liberation of the Netherlands. The museum’s focus is on the significant contribution of aircraft and aircrews in the liberation of the Netherlands from German occupation during the latter stages of the war.
Museum Bevrijdende Vleugels (Wings of Liberation Museum Park)
Sonseweg 39
5681 BH Best
+31 499 329 722
Tuesday – Sunday 10:00 – 17:00
Closed November – March
Admission fee
How to get there
- In Best small yellow signs direct you to the museum park.
- From the A2 north-south (from ‘s Hertogenbosch):
Take exit (afrit) no 27 “Best-West” and go straight on via the roundabout at the end of the exit till the T-junction. Here you turn left and almost immediately right again. You drive now parallel to the A2. On the roundabout take the third exit (crossing the A2). Now follow direction “Son en Breugel”. - From the A2 south-north:
Take exit (Afrit) no 28 “Best” and follow direction “Best-centrum”. After about one mile turn right on the roundabout and follow direction “Son en Breugel”. - From the A50:
Take exit (Afrit) no 8 “Son en Breugel” and follow direction “Best”. After about one mile you will find the museum on your right.
Aircraft collection
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2100847/UA-D N32MS D-HEFO OO-GEI | Airspeed Horsa Glider (replica) Douglas C-47 Skytrain Douglas C-53C Skytrooper Brantly B-2B Piper L-4J Grasshopper |
Go back in time to the liberation of the Netherlands: the sound of roaring fighter plane engines, heroic pilots and American paratroopers.
The Wings of Liberation Museum tells the compelling story of the liberation of the southern Netherlands at the end of World War II. The museum is situated in the area where, on 17 September 1944, airborne operations as part of Operation Market Garden marked the beginning of the liberation of the southern Netherlands. The timeline comprises the entire period from the occupation in 1940 and the repression years 1940-1944, through to the liberation in the final months of 1944.
The museum has an extensive collection including dioramas, photos, tanks, aircraft, and weaponry that was actually used in Operation Market Garden
Ga terug naar de tijd van de bevrijding: Ronkende motoren van gevechtsvliegtuigen, heldhaftige piloten en Amerikaanse parachutisten.
Bevrijdende Vleugels vertelt het heftige verhaal van – onder meer – de bevrijding van Zuid-Nederland aan het einde van de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Bevrijdende Vleugels ligt op het terrein in het gebied waar op 17 september 1944 luchtlandingen plaatsvonden tijdens de Operatie Market Garden. Deze operatie luidde de bevrijding van Zuid-Nederland in. In de verschillende hallen worden de bezetting, de onderdrukking en de uiteindelijke bevrijding, uitvoerig belicht.
Bevrijdende Vleugels heeft een bijzondere collectie inclusief tanks, vliegtuigen, diorama’s, foto’s en wapentuig dat daadwerkelijk is gebruikt tijdens Operatie Market Garden.
Info, openingstijden en tickets met korting vind je op www.bevrijdendevleugels.com
Photos Museum Bevrijdende Vleugels/Wings of Liberation Museum Park Best Netherlands