Brüsterort Air Base
The airbase Brüsterort was an air base of the Air Force of the Armed Forces near the East Prussian Brüsterort .
history
The air base was laid out in the mid-1930s as part of an anti-aircraft artillery school with an associated shooting range. The runway was grassy. There were two large hangars in the northwest of the air base. The utility and accommodation buildings were west of the hangars. From 1941 on, various pilot schools were also housed here, which alternated with the occupancy of the space. The first active flying units were the 5th (5./186) and from August 24th also the 6th Fighter Squadron (6./186) of the II. Group of the carrier squadron 186, and had already arrived in August also the staff of the II. Carrier Group, stationed, an association responsible for the never completed aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelinwas intended. On September 2, 1939, the Stuka squadron (4th / 186th) of the II. Carrier group flew to Brüsterort, bringing the entire II./Trägergeschwader 186 to Brüsterort.
The following table shows a list of selected active air units (excluding school and supplementary units) of the Air Force that were stationed here between 1938 and 1945.
| From | To | unit | equipment |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 1939 | September 1939 | II./Tr.G 186 (II. Group of the carrier squadron 186) | Messerschmitt Bf 109B , Junkers Ju 87B |
| February 1945 | April 1945 | I./SG 3 (I. Group of the battle squadron 3) | Focke-Wulf Fw 190F |
| March 1945 | April 1945 | I./JG 51 (I. Group of Jagdgeschwader 51) | Messerschmitt Bf 109G |
| April 1945 | April 1945 | III./JG 51 | Messerschmitt Bf 109G |
On April 14, 1945, Soviet troops occupied the area of the air base. Since 1945, Brüsterort, which was renamed Mayak ( Russian Маяк ) in 1946 , belongs to the Russian Kaliningrad Oblast .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Henry L. deZeng IV: Air Force Airfields 1935-45 Germany (1937 Borders) , pp 96-97 , accessed on September 12, 2014.
Coordinates: 54 ° 56 ′ 5.6 ″ N , 19 ° 58 ′ 56.9 ″ E