Dortmund-Brackel Air Base
The Dortmund-Brackel Air Base , together with the Richthofen barracks, was a military facility of the Wehrmacht Air Force in Dortmund-Brackel . It was on the grounds of the civil airport Dortmund-Brackel .
history
The Brackeler Feld was used for sport aviation as early as 1914, before civil scheduled air traffic began in May 1925. After the National Socialists came to power, which resulted in the still secret establishment of an air force, the I./JG 134 (I. Group of Jagdgeschwader 134) was located here from April 1934 . This group, which was among the first of the newly to be set up Air Force, flew here initially with the Arado Ar 65 and the Ar Arado 68E and later with the Bf 109B / D . Until August 1939, there was still a parallel operation between civil and military use. After that there was no more civil flight. For use as an air base, one very large, one large and eight medium-sized hangars were built south of the airfield. Accommodation and utility buildings were located behind the hangars.
The following table shows a list of selected active flying units (excluding school and supplementary units) of the Air Force that were stationed here between 1934 and 1945.
| From | To | unit | equipment |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 1934 | October 1938 | I./JG 134 (I. Group of Jagdgeschwader 134) | Arado Ar 65 , Arado Ar 68E, Messerschmitt Bf 109B / D |
| July 1938 | October 1938 | IV./JG 134 | Arado Ar 68, Messerschmitt Bf 109D |
| November 1938 | December 1938 | I./JG 142 | Messerschmitt Bf 109D |
| January 1939 | April 1939 | Staff, I./ZG 142 (Staff and I. Group of Destroyer Squadron 142) | Messerschmitt 109D |
| May 1939 | 1940 | Staff, I., III./ZG 26 | Messerschmitt 109D |
| November 1939 | March 1940 | I./JG 26 | Messerschmitt Bf 109E |
| January 1940 | July 1940 | II./JG 26 | Messerschmitt Bf 109E |
| December 1940 | January 1941 | Stab, III./JG 54 | Messerschmitt Bf 109E |
| June 1941 | June 1941 | IV./JG 51 | Messerschmitt Bf 109E |
| December 1943 | February 1944 | I./JG 1 | Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-6 |
| April 1944 | June 1944 | II./JG 300 | Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-7 |
| September 1944 | September 1944 | I./JG 3 | Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 / AS |
| September 1944 | November 1944 | Staff / JG 4 | Messerschmitt Bf 109G-14 |
| September 1944 | September 1944 | III./JG 300 | Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 |
| September 1944 | March 1945 | Staff, IV./NJG 1 (Staff and IV. Group of Night Fighter Squadron 1) | Junkers Ju 88G-1, Messerschmitt Bf 110G-4 |
| December 1944 | January 1945 | I./JG 77 | Messerschmitt Bf 109G-14 |
During the Second World War , the airport was destroyed by bombing. On April 12, 1945, US forces occupied the air base and after the war it was taken over by RAF Germany . From 1953 the airfield in Brackel was used again by the sport aviation. In 1959, flight operations at the Brackel site were finally stopped.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Henry L. deZeng IV: Air Force Airfields 1935-45 Germany (1937 Borders). Pp. 137-138. , accessed September 13, 2014.
Coordinates: 51 ° 32 '22 " N , 7 ° 33' 30.4" E