Melsbroek Air Base
It is located on the northern side of Brussels Airport, with which it shares runways and ground and air control facilities.Operation Bodenplatte, the German aerial attack of 1 January 1945, hit Melsbroek hard.According to Emil Clade (leading III./JG 27), the AAA positions were not manned, and aircraft were bunched together or in lines, which made perfect targets.[2][3] Another source states that 13 Wellingtons were destroyed, as were five Mosquitoes, four Austers and five Avro Ansons from the Tactical Air Forces 2nd Communications Squadron.When Trans European Airways existed, its head office was in Building 117 of Melsbroek Airport.