The story
Haamstede.
Specially used for Operation Donnerkeil. Operation Donnerkeil was the codename for a German military operation of the Second World War.
Donnerkeil was designed as an air superiority operation to support the Kriegsmarine's (German Navy) Operation Cerberus, also known as the Channel Dash.
This airfield supported this operation.
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