Tour of the Old Lake and the Liberating Wings Museum

Your route starts at Boutique Hotel Bed&Bos. Between Best and Son you will discover De Nieuwe or Sonse Heide. This was once an open heathland and drifting sand area, now you will see Scots pines with here and there heather fields. In the forest you will pass the Joe Mann monument. On 18 and 19 September 1944, unprecedented fierce fighting took place in these forests. German troops tried to prevent the Allies from breaking through. Two exceptionally brave men were killed in this battle: Lieutenant Colonel Robert Cole and Private Joe Mann. They were both posthumously awarded the highest American military distinction, the Medal of Honor. After a short walk along the Oude Meer you will pass the Museum Bevrijdende Vleugels, which focuses on the liberation of the South of the Netherlands during the Second World War.