Seeflugstation Nieuwmunster

51°16'23.61"N 3°05'53.64"E

Seeflugstation Nieuwmunster (Dutch: vliegveld Nieuwmunster) was a German airfield built during World War I near Nieuwmunster in West-Flanders (Dutch: West-Vlaanderen) in Belgium.
It was operational from 1915 until it was abandoned by retreating German forces in 1918.
Besides functioning as a base for the German navy, it also served as an intermediate and diversion field for German Gotha heavy bombers on their missions to England.
It had a wooden runway at some time, to prevent the aircraft of the German Marine from sinkiing in the muddy soil.

See ForumEersteWereldoorlog.nl for photos taken at this airfield.