Heiligenbeil Air Base
The airbase Heiligenbeil was an air base of the Air Force of the Armed Forces near the East Prussian Heiligenbeil .
history
The air base was rebuilt between 1935 and 1936. In the northwest, two very large, three large, one medium and one large repair hangars were built. There were also other farm and accommodation buildings here. In the south there was another large and a medium hangar. The air base comprised a total of around 100 buildings. Flight operations began with the arrival of the air base command on October 1, 1936. The III./KG 153 was the first airborne unit to be stationed here from April 1936 . Various pilot schools and from 1939 to 1941 the 31st pilot training regiment were located here.
The following table shows a list of all active flying units (excluding school and supplementary units) of the Air Force that were stationed here between 1936 and 1945.
| From | To | unit | equipment |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 1936 | April 1939 | III./KG 153 ( III.Group des Kampfgeschwader 153) | Junkers Ju 52 / 3m , Junkers Ju 86 , Dornier Thursday 17 |
| May 1939 | October 1939 | II., III./KG 3 | Dornier Do 17Z |
| August 1939 | September 1939 | I./JG 1 (I. Group of Jagdgeschwader 1) | Messerschmitt Bf 109E |
| June 1941 | July 1941 | Staff, III./KG 77 | Junkers Ju 88A |
| August 1941 | October 1941 | III./KG 76 | Junkers Ju 88A |
| December 1941 | December 1941 | II./KG 30 | Junkers Ju 88A |
| December 1941 | December 1941 | KGr. zbV 800 (combat group for special use 800 (transport aircraft)) | Junkers Ju 52 / 3m |
| December 1941 | December 1941 | Liaison relay 2 | |
| January 1942 | February 1942 | I./KG 77 | Junkers Ju 88A |
| April 1942 | April 1942 | KGr. zbV 4 | Junkers Ju 52 / 3m |
| April 1942 | May 1942 | KGr. zbV 5 | Junkers Ju 52 / 3m, Heinkel He 111 |
| August 1942 | August 1942 | III./LG 1 ( III.Group of Lehrgeschwader 1) | Junkers Ju 88A-4 |
| September 1942 | September 1942 | III./KG 6 | Junkers Ju 88A-4 |
| January 1943 | February 1943 | I./JG 26 | Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-4 |
| February 1943 | March 1943 | I./JG 54 | Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-4, Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-5, Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2 |
| January 1944 | July 1944 | II./KG 77 | Junkers Ju 88A-4 |
| July 1944 | August 1944 | I./KG 53 | Heinkel He 111H-16, Heinkel He 111H-20 |
| October 1944 | October 1944 | NSGr. 11 (Night Battle Group 11) | Heinkel He 50 , Arado Ar 66 |
| December 1944 | February 1945 | 2./NAGr. 4 (2nd season of local reconnaissance group 4) | Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6, Messerschmitt Bf 109G-8 |
| January 1945 | February 1945 | I./SG 3 (I. Group of the battle squadron 3) | Focke-Wulf Fw 190F-8 |
| March 1945 | March 1945 | II./JG 54 | Focke-Wulff Fw 190A, Focke-Wulff 190D |
On 24./25. March 1945 Soviet troops occupied the area of the air base. Since 1945 Heiligenbeil, which was renamed Mamonowo ( Russian Мамоново ) in 1947 , belongs to the Russian Kaliningrad Oblast .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Henry L. deZeng IV: Luftwaffe Airfields 1935–45 Germany (1937 Borders) , pp. 275–276 , accessed on September 7, 2014.
Coordinates: 54 ° 28 ′ 27.8 ″ N , 19 ° 57 ′ 46.4 ″ E