A Supermarine Spitfire Mark IX of No. 1401 (Meteorological) Flight, is readied for a pre-dawn take off on a Pressure and Temperature Sounding flight (PRATA) at B58/Melsbroek, Belgium.1944/1945
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Meteo flight

British troops move into Belgium, May 1940: British troops with the wreckage of a Heinkel bomber shot down near Tournai.
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Souvenir hunting?

Fire crews cover an Avro Lancaster of Bomber Command with foam in an effort to save it from burning, at B58/Melsbroek, Belgium, following the attack on the airfield by Luftwaffe fighter-bombers, (Operation BODENPLATTE).
Info Operation Bodenplatte:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Bodenplatte

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