Koenigsberg-Neumark Air Base
| Lotnisko / Baza lotnicza Chojna Koenigsberg-Neumark Air Base |
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| Height above MSL | 57 m (187 ft ) | ||
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| Distance from the city center | 3 km south of Chojna / Königsberg in the Neumark | ||
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| opening | 1938 | ||
| closure | 1992 | ||
| operator | formerly German Air Force , Soviet Air Force | ||
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| 09/27 | 2300 m × 48 m concrete | ||
The airbase Königsberg-Neumark was an air base of the Air Force of the Armed Forces south of the city Chojna / Königsberg in Neumark in today's Polish West Pomeranian Voivodeship . The Baza lotnicza Chojna , the Polish name for the military airfield , was used by the air forces of the Soviet Union during the Cold War . After the withdrawal of the Soviet troops, the airfield was closed.
history
German time
The air base was rebuilt between 1937 and 1938 for the then German Air Force . The runway was grassy. In the north of the air base there were two very large and three large aircraft hangars and one large repair hangar. Behind the hangars there were other service and accommodation buildings. The II./KG 27 was the first airborne unit to be stationed here from August 1939 . From 1939 to 1945, various aviation pilot and association pilot schools were also housed here. 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 1939 and 1945.
| From | To | unit | equipment |
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| August 1939 | September 1939 | II./KG 27 (II. Group of Kampfgeschwader 27) | Heinkel He 111 P. |
| September 1939 | October 1939 | III./KG 27 | |
| 1943 | 1944 | Parts of III./NJG 5 ( III.Group of Nachtjagdgeschwader 5) | Messerschmitt Bf 110 |
| March 1944 | August 1944 | Staff, II./ZG 26 (Staff and II. Group of Destroyer Wing 26) | Messerschmitt Me 410 |
| March 1944 | May 1944 | III./ZG 26 | |
| May 1944 | August 1944 | I./ZG 26 | |
| July 1944 | September 1944 | Staff, I., II./JG 6 (Staff, I. and II. Group of Jagdgeschwader 6) | Focke-Wulf Fw 190 |
| January 1945 | February 1945 | Staff Relay / NJG 1 | Junkers Ju 88 G |
Polish time
On February 4, 1945, Soviet troops occupied the area of the air base. Königsberg idNm. was renamed Polish and Chojna in 1945. Since 1946 Chojna has belonged to the Polish Szczecin Voivodeship and since 1999 to the West Pomeranian Voivodeship . The Air Force of the Soviet Union expanded it and used it throughout the Cold War.
| From | To | unit | equipment |
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| February 1945 | April 1945 | 43rd Fighter Regiment (43-й иап) | Jakowlew Jak-3 , Jak-9 |
| April 1945 | May 1945 | 54th Fighter Regiment (54-й иап) | Bell P-39 |
| January 1946 | February 1949 | 149th Fighter Regiment (149-й иап) | Yakovlev Yak-9 |
| February 1949 | December 1952? | 871st Fighter Regiment (871-й иап) | |
| June 1955 | May 5th 1992 | 582nd Fighter Regiment (582-й иап) |
Mikojan-Gurewitsch MiG-17 , Mikojan-Gurewitsch MiG-21F-13 , MiG-21PF, MiG-21PFM, MiG-21SMT, MiG-21bis, Sukhoi Su-27 |
| 1956 | 1963 | Independent Reconnaissance Air Regiment (330-й орап) | Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 |
On May 5, 1992, the 582nd fighter regiment left the airfield and moved to Smolensk. The Soviets handed the airfield over to the Polish authorities on July 7, 1992.
The site has been deserted since then.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Henry L. deZeng IV: Air Force Airfields 1935-45 Germany (1937 Borders) , pp 358-359 , accessed on September 20, 2014.
- ^ Military Aircraft Directory, Chojna , accessed October 8, 2018.
- ↑ a b Stefan Büttner: Red places . Russian military airfields Germany 1945–1994. Air bases - aerodromes - military fallow. Ed .: Lutz Freundt. AeroLit, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-935525-11-4 , pp. 30 .