Jesau Air Base
The airbase Jesau was an air base of the Air Force of the Armed Forces near the East Prussian Jesau .
history
The air base was established in 1937. In the north of the air base, two large and two medium hangars and a repair hangar were connected. Further farm and accommodation buildings were located here. Another large hangar was located 600 meters north of the runway. The I./JG 131 was stationed here as the first airborne unit from April 1937 .
The airfield Gerdauen was used port for the air base.
The following table shows a list of all active flying units (excluding school and supplementary units) of the Luftwaffe that were stationed here between 1937 and 1945.
| from | to | unit | equipment |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 1937 | October 1938 | I./JG 131 (I. Group of Jagdgeschwader 131) | Heinkel He 50 , Arado Ar 65 , Arado Ar 68 , Messerschmitt Bf 109B / D |
| November 1938 | April 1939 | I./JG 130 | Messerschmitt Bf 109D |
| May 1939 | August 1939 | I./JG 1 | Messerschmitt Bf 109D / E |
| July 1939 | October 1939 | I./JG 21 | Messerschmitt Bf 109D |
| August 1939 | October 1939 | 4. (F) / Enlightenment group 121 (4th Squadron of Remote Reconnaissance Group 121) | |
| August 1939 | September 1939 | Staff / KG 2 (Staff of Kampfgeschwader 2) | Dornier Do 17Z |
| August 1939 | November 1939 | Staff, I., V./LG 1 (Staff, I. and V. Group of Lehrgeschwader 1) | Heinkel He 111H , Messerschmitt Bf 110C / D |
| September 1939 | December 1939 | Staff, I./KG 28 | Heinkel He 111H |
| September 1939 | January 1940 | III./KG 26 | Heinkel He 111H |
| February 1940 | March 1940 | III./KG 28 | Heinkel He 111P |
| March 1940 | June 1941 | Wekusta 1 | |
| June 1941 | August 1941 | I./KG 77 | Junkers Ju 88A |
| December 1941 | January 1942 | I./KG 76 | Junkers Ju 88A |
| January 1942 | February 1942 | III./JG 3 | Messerschmitt Bf 109F |
| January 1942 | April 1942 | Stab, I., II./JG 52 | Messerschmitt Bf 109F |
| May 1942 | June 1942 | Staff, II./KG 4 | Heinkel He 111H |
| August 1942 | September 1942 | I./JG 51 | Messerschmitt Bf 109F, Focke-Wulf Fw 190A |
| August 1942 | September 1942 | III./JG 77 | Messerschmitt Bf 109F / G |
| October 1942 | November 1942 | II./JG 51 | Messerschmitt Bf 109F, Focke-Wulf Fw 190A |
| October 1942 | October 1942 | 5./SG 1 (5th squadron of battle squadron 1) | Focke-Wulf Fw 190F |
| November 1942 | December 1942 | III./JG 51 | Messerschmitt Bf 109F, Focke-Wulf Fw 190A |
| February 1943 | February 1943 | IV./JG 51 | Messerschmitt Bf 109F, Focke-Wulf Fw 190A |
| May 1943 | April 1944 | 12./KG 27 | Heinkel He 111H |
| July 1943 | August 1943 | IV./JG 54 | Messerschmitt Bf 109G |
| July 1944 | August 1944 | Staff, II., III./KG 53 | Heinkel He 111H |
| August 1944 | October 1944 | 2. (F) / Enlightenment group 11 | |
| September 1944 | January 1945 | Staff, I./NJG 5 (Staff and I. Group of the Night Fighter Wing 5) | Junkers Ju 88G |
| October 1944 | December 1944 | 5th (F) / Aufkl.Gr. 122 | |
| November 1944 | December 1944 | II./SG 3 | Focke-Wulf Fw 190F |
In the last week of January 1945, Soviet troops occupied the area of the air base. Since 1945, Jesau, renamed Juschny ( Russian Южный ) in 1950 , belongs to the Russian Kaliningrad Oblast .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Henry L. deZeng IV: Air Force Airfields 1935-1945 Germany (1937 Borders). (PDF; 3.3 MB) June 2014, p. 308f. , accessed on January 4, 2017 .
Coordinates: 54 ° 33 ′ 44.5 ″ N , 20 ° 36 ′ 9.6 ″ E