Camouflage Track
Fearing air attacks on the ammunition trains during unloading, the trains were camouflaged.
Immediately after the German invasion in 1940, the decision was made to construct Volkel Airfield. It was one of several airfields intended to protect the Ruhr region from Allied air raids. Naturally, ammunition for the aircraft and anti-aircraft guns had to be delivered to the airfield—and this was done by train. The Duits Lijntje railway line was used for this purpose.
Fearing air attacks on the ammunition trains during unloading, the trains were camouflaged. Walls were built on both sides of the track. A large canvas, painted with the image of a farmhouse—complete with windows and doors—was then stretched over the walls, disguising the train beneath.
The foundations of five such camouflage walls still remain, and one of them has been made visible at this location. The iron structure here shows how tall the camouflage walls once were.
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